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Mesoscale Discussion 442

April 5, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2017, 1:02 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2017, 1:02 PM CDT (18:02 UTC)
Expired
Apr 5, 2017, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 96 counties

Blount County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Dade County, GA, Walker County, GA, Adair County, KY, Allen County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Butler County, KY, Casey County, KY, Clinton County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Estill County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hardin 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, Woodford County, KY, Bedford County, TN, Bledsoe County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb 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, Moore County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Overton County, TN, Pickett County, TN, Putnam County, TN, Rhea 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 Nashville radar (KOHX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:02 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 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2017-04-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-04-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 4, 11:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Clarke, Coffee, Conecuh, Covington and 8 more2 hr
Apr 5, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler and 42 more6 hr
Apr 5, 3:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 38 more2 hr
Apr 5, 6:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun and 35 more90 min
Apr 5, 6:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 44 more8 hr
Apr 5, 9:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Chambers, Lee, Macon, Russell, Tallapoosa2 hr
Apr 5, 11:54 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCDale, Geneva, Henry, Houston10 hr
Apr 5, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 36 more8 hr
Apr 5, 2:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarbour, Bullock, Dale, Henry, Houston, Lee and 2 more93 min
Apr 5, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia, Marengo, Mobile and 3 more3 hr
Apr 5, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay and 19 more84 min
Apr 5, 6:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee and 20 more48 min
Apr 5, 9:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Banks, Barrow, Bartow, Burke, Butts and 45 more95 min
Apr 5, 10:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien and 52 more97 min
Apr 5, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppling, Atkinson, Bacon, Berrien, Brantley, Brooks and 22 more61 min
Apr 5, 1:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant and 11 more3 hr
Apr 5, 3:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Daviess, Gallatin and 9 more5 hr
Apr 5, 4:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCampbell, Kenton88 min
Apr 5, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Carter, Elliott, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson and 8 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.