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Mesoscale Discussion 984
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2006, 3:57 AM CDT for 5 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Mississippi; 14 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2006, 3:57 AM CDT (08:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2006, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Colbert County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Union County, MS, Chester County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Tipton County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 3271 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1370 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 12:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson, Lauderdale, Limestone, Madison | 4 hr |
| May 26, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Colbert, DeKalb, Franklin, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence and 4 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:11 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Campbell, Carter, Claiborne, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen and 8 more | 94 min |
| May 26, 10:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Greene, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, Washington | 2 hr |
| May 26, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.