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Skew-T Diagram for Nashville, TN

#19 Nashville, Tennessee

CAPE:

 Good: 2124 J/kg makes it almost excellent, no CIN.

Deep Layer Shear:

 Excellent: 60 knots shear 0-6 km, but unidirectional

Mid-level Lapse Rates:

 Excellent: above -10 the lapse rates are nearly dry adiabatic up to -40 C.

Freezing Level:

 12.2 kft

Overall Threat of Severe Hail:

 High: This is a no brainer. All ingredients are there and very strong in this sounding

Summary of the Event:

Date of Sounding: 28 April 2002 @ 18 UTC
Locations in Nashville reported golfball hail at 19 UTC. Additional supercells developed southwest of Nashville, all producing severe hail, and 3.00 inch hail was reported at 20:38 UTC 50 miles southwest of Nashville.
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