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Mesoscale Discussion 2522

December 3, 200521 counties in Kentucky; 27 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 3, 2005, 11:38 PM CST for 21 counties in Kentucky; 27 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 3, 2005, 11:38 PM CST (05:38 UTC)
Expired
Dec 4, 2005, 1:45 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Green County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Macon County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Scott County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 00:00Z on 2005-12-04Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2005-12-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 509 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
564 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
509 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
605 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
Dec 3, 6:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Boyd, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Carter and 15 more6 hr
Dec 3, 7:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bell, Butler and 39 more2 hr
Dec 3, 8:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Bell, Butler and 39 more7 hr
Dec 3, 9:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChester, Decatur, Fayette, Giles, Hardeman, Hardin and 6 more115 min
Dec 3, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Chester, Coffee, Decatur, Franklin, Giles and 14 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.