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Mesoscale Discussion 46

January 21, 20104 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 21, 2010, 5:14 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 21, 2010, 5:14 PM CST (23:14 UTC)
Expired
Jan 21, 2010, 6:45 PM CST
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Jackson County, AL, Madison County, AL, Catoosa County, GA, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Barren County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Logan County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Pulaski County, KY, Russell County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Warren County, KY, Wayne County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Bradley 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, Jackson County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Macon County, TN, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford 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 Nashville radar (KOHX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 2010-01-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 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 12:00Z on 2010-01-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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
Jan 20, 8:59 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Mobile, Washington91 min
Jan 20, 10:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Covington, Escambia, Geneva, Houston87 min
Jan 21, 1:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke and 22 more29 min
Jan 21, 2:09 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 25 more7 hr
Jan 21, 5:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Butler, Chilton, Choctaw and 25 more61 min
Jan 21, 7:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGeneva, Houston33 min
Jan 21, 9:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Lauderdale65 min
Jan 21, 12:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCColbert, Franklin, Lauderdale3 hr
Jan 21, 7:12 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Grady, Lanier and 4 more33 min
Jan 21, 7:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 18 more10 hr
Jan 21, 10:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamden, Charlton, Echols55 min
Jan 21, 3:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Butler, Casey, Christian and 17 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.