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Mesoscale Discussion 2435

November 15, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2005, 5:58 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 5:58 PM CST (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 7:30 PM CST
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Alcorn County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 24 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 257 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
680 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar2 hr
Nov 15, 2:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 9 more65 min
Nov 15, 3:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin, Lamar, Lauderdale and 8 more8 hr
Nov 14, 8:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more3 hr
Nov 14, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 31 more7 hr
Nov 15, 2:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more113 min
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 16 more9 hr
Nov 15, 11:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Boone, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll and 22 more2 hr
Nov 15, 12:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 17 more116 min
Nov 15, 1:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Ballard, Boone, Bracken, Breckinridge, Bullitt and 53 more88 min
Nov 15, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 53 more7 hr
Nov 15, 5:06 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Greenup, Lewis, Mason6 hr
Nov 15, 9:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 21 more119 min
Nov 15, 12:09 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 13 more7 hr
Nov 15, 3:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 9 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.