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Mesoscale Discussion 211

March 9, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2006, 4:32 PM EST for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2006, 4:32 PM EST (21:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2006, 6:00 PM EST
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Washington County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boone County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Logan County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Butler County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Preble County, OH, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Wayne County, TN

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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2006-03-09Temperature 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 2006-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 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
804 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 1:55 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison, Orange and 7 more6 hr
Mar 9, 6:39 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Ohio, Switzerland6 hr
Mar 9, 7:52 AM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and 6 more6 hr
Mar 9, 11:30 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves and 6 more2 hr
Mar 9, 5:44 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves, Hickman and 4 more61 min
Mar 9, 5:54 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Bell and 59 more36 min
Mar 9, 6:18 PM ESTTornado WatchSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Crittenden, Fulton, Graves and 5 more3 hr
Mar 9, 7:10 AM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLauderdale95 min
Mar 9, 2:52 PM ESTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb, Franklin and 21 more83 min
Mar 9, 3:40 PM ESTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson and 24 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.