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Mesoscale Discussion 875

May 14, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2005, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties

Colbert County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Winston County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Calhoun County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lee County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy 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, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2005-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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
May 13, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess, Graves and 11 more26 min
May 13, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 14 more5 hr
May 13, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Daviess and 13 more86 min
May 14, 11:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 61 more7 hr
May 14, 2:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 58 more96 min
May 14, 4:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Tate, Tunica3 hr
May 14, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington91 min

Nearby

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