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Mesoscale Discussion 1340

July 1, 2007Lamar County, Alabama; 8 counties in Arkansas; 23 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2007, 2:09 PM CDT for Lamar County, Alabama; 8 counties in Arkansas; 23 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2007, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2007, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Lamar County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Union County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1115 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, Jackson, MS at 12:00Z on 2007-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
1115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
846 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 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
Jul 1, 11:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 22 more2 hr
Jul 1, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Colbert and 16 more8 hr
Jul 1, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, DeKalb, Etowah, Randolph and 1 more55 min
Jul 1, 5:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah and 2 more119 min
Jul 1, 2:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 9 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 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.