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Mesoscale Discussion 404

April 2, 20066 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Kentucky; 54 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2006, 1:14 PM CDT for 6 counties in Alabama; 11 counties in Kentucky; 54 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2006, 1:14 PM CDT (18:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 71 counties

Colbert County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Anderson County, TN, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Loudon County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Perry 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, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Nashville radar (KOHX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:15 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2006-04-02Temperature 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 2006-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1347 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Apr 2, 10:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman93 min
Apr 2, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFulton5 hr
Apr 2, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey and 37 more5 hr
Apr 2, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 34 more7 hr
Apr 2, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.