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Mesoscale Discussion 1387

July 4, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2007, 5:14 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2007, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2007, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 121 counties

Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Casey County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lincoln County, KY, Marion County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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, Lincoln, IL at 12:00Z on 2007-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 3, 10:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Stephenson96 min
Jul 4, 12:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHenry, Knox, Marshall, Mercer, Peoria, Rock Island and 2 more3 hr
Jul 4, 12:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette, Franklin and 24 more63 min
Jul 4, 2:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Christian, Clark and 45 more7 hr
Jul 4, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Daviess, Dearborn, Dubois, Floyd and 17 more66 min
Jul 4, 12:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more7 hr
Jul 4, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Switzerland, Union and 1 more62 min
Jul 4, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBates, Benton, Camden, Carroll, Cass, Cedar and 21 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 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.