Alert archive / Tennessee / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 50
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 10, 2008, 3:05 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2008, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 5:00 PM CST
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 156 counties
Autauga County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Clay County, AL, Cleburne County, AL, Colbert County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Cullman County, AL, Dallas County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Shelby County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Talladega County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Winston County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Dade County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Green County, KY, Hart County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Logan County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Clarke County, MS, Covington County, MS, Forrest County, MS, Greene County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS, Jones County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lamar County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Marion County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Pearl River County, MS, Perry County, MS, Smith County, MS, Wayne County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hamilton County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton 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, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Northeast Alabama radar (KHTX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 9:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 13 more | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert, Cullman, Fayette, Franklin and 15 more | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Colbert and 30 more | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Autauga, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 5:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Choctaw and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jan 10, 7:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell and 30 more | 113 min |
| Jan 10, 1:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 87 min |
| Jan 10, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boyle and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bolivar, Calhoun, Coahoma, Grenada, Lafayette, Leflore and 9 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 10, 7:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 46 more | 118 min |
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 53 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 10:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 20 more | 64 min |
| Jan 10, 12:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Calhoun and 45 more | 96 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.