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Mesoscale Discussion 422

March 27, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2005, 5:07 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2005, 5:07 PM CST (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 27, 2005, 6:30 PM CST
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 87 counties

Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bell County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Green County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Hart County, KY, Knox County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Buncombe County, NC, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Haywood County, NC, Henderson County, NC, Jackson County, NC, Madison County, NC, Swain County, NC, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Blount County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Clay County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Greene County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Union County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN, Wilson County, TN, Lee County, VA

The radar

The Knoxville radar (KMRX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:06 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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2005-03-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-03-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 437 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
437 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
572 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
Mar 27, 12:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bourbon and 56 more2 hr
Mar 27, 5:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Breathitt, Carter, Clark, Clay and 28 more4 hr
Mar 27, 3:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuncombe, Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Haywood, Henderson and 9 more7 hr

Nearby

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