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Mesoscale Discussion 280
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 13, 2006, 6:08 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 13, 2006, 6:08 AM CST (12:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2006, 7:45 AM CST
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties
Crittenden County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Dubois County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Paducah radar (KPAH), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:12 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 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 349 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 321 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 9:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 4 more | 62 min |
| Mar 12, 9:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:30 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:53 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Howard, Little River, Miller, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne and 35 more | 91 min |
| Mar 13, 3:13 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Desha and 8 more | 58 min |
| Mar 12, 6:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 17 more | 92 min |
| Mar 12, 7:15 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy and 24 more | 90 min |
| Mar 12, 7:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 8:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 47 more | 90 min |
| Mar 12, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Bond, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun and 58 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 11:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carroll | 83 min |
| Mar 13, 12:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 11 more | 85 min |
| Mar 13, 1:06 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:19 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland and 9 more | 86 min |
| Mar 13, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 12, 10:39 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, DeKalb, Elkhart and 18 more | 96 min |
| Mar 12, 11:23 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Cass, DeKalb, Elkhart, Fulton, Huntington and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 13, 6:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Gibson, Harrison and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass and 28 more | 66 min |
| Mar 13, 9:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, DeKalb, Elkhart, Huntington, Kosciusko and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Ohio and 3 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 13, 2:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Dearborn, Jefferson, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland | 92 min |
| Mar 13, 12:36 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Coffee and 33 more | 114 min |
| Mar 13, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 3:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Bledsoe, Campbell, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee and 40 more | 91 min |
| Mar 13, 4:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Claiborne and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 13, 5:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Bradley, Cannon, Coffee and 37 more | 64 min |
Nearby
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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.