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Mesoscale Discussion 410

April 2, 20067 counties in Kentucky; 33 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2006, 9:10 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kentucky; 33 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2006, 9:10 PM CDT (02:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2006, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Allen County, KY, Butler County, KY, Christian County, KY, Logan County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Macon County, TN, Madison County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson 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 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 114 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 80 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 324 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
80 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
318 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
Apr 2, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler and 36 more84 min
Apr 2, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Boone, Bourbon and 62 more6 hr
Apr 2, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bath, Boone, Bourbon, Boyd, Bracken and 41 more93 min
Apr 2, 10:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Carter, Elliott, Greenup, Johnson, Lawrence and 5 more31 min
Apr 2, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Floyd, Greenup, Harlan, Johnson and 6 more3 hr
Apr 3, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBoyd, Carter, Greenup, Lewis6 hr
Apr 2, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Benton, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee and 26 more3 hr
Apr 2, 10:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more6 hr
Apr 2, 10:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bedford, Benton, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley and 64 more7 hr
Apr 3, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPolk89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.