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Mesoscale Discussion 1065

June 8, 200720 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Georgia; Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2007, 2:50 PM CDT for 20 counties in Alabama; 8 counties in Georgia; Itawamba County, Monroe County, Mississippi. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2007, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Blount County, AL, Calhoun County, AL, Cherokee County, AL, Cullman County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Etowah County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Jefferson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Marshall County, AL, Morgan County, AL, St. Clair County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Bartow County, GA, Chattooga County, GA, Floyd County, GA, Gordon County, GA, Pickens County, GA, Polk County, GA, Walker County, GA, Whitfield County, GA, Itawamba County, MS, Monroe County, MS

The radar

The Birmingham radar (KBMX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2456 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2456 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-3 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
Jun 8, 9:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 8 more7 hr
Jun 8, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 4 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Georgia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.