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Mesoscale Discussion 632
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT for Lauderdale County, Alabama; 62 counties in Kentucky; 30 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 11, 2008, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2008, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 93 counties
Lauderdale County, AL, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Bath County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clark County, KY, Clay County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Green County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCreary County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Owen County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rockcastle County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Russell County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Washington County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Fentress County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Moore County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, White County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The radar
The Nashville radar (KOHX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 89 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Colbert, Cullman, DeKalb, Fayette, Franklin, Greene and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton and 33 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cullman, DeKalb, Etowah and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Autauga, Bibb, Butler, Chambers, Chilton, Choctaw and 18 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 11, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 16 more | 56 min |
| Apr 10, 7:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 57 min |
| Apr 10, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ballard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 18 more | 66 min |
| Apr 10, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Fulton | 56 min |
| Apr 11, 11:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 61 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Bell, Boyle, Breathitt, Casey, Clay and 35 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Breathitt, Clay, Floyd, Harlan, Jackson and 19 more | 67 min |
| Apr 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Fayette and 14 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.