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Mesoscale Discussion 148

March 26, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2015, 1:35 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2015, 1:35 AM CDT (06:35 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Lake County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2015-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 74 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 2015-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
74 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Mar 25, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph7 hr
Mar 25, 7:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 19 more66 min
Mar 25, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 33 more8 hr
Mar 25, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Greene97 min
Mar 25, 11:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Independence and 17 more96 min
Mar 26, 2:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Garland, Grant, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 8 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.