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Mesoscale Discussion 139

February 12, 20076 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 12, 2007, 7:03 PM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 12, 2007, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 1:00 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 140 counties

Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Champaign County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clark County, IL, Clay County, IL, Coles County, IL, Crawford County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Knox County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Richland County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Boone County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Parke County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Union County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Vigo County, IN, Warren County, IN, Washington County, IN, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Mason County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Lincoln County, MO, Pike County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Logan County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 00:00Z on 2007-02-13Temperature 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, Lincoln, IL at 00:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
1018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 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
Feb 13, 6:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 25 more6 hr
Feb 13, 12:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles and 26 more6 hr
Feb 13, 1:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Crawford, Jasper, Lawrence, Marion, Richland6 hr
Feb 13, 6:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin and 16 more6 hr
Feb 12, 6:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 35 more6 hr
Feb 13, 5:40 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBerkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral and 2 more5 hr

Nearby

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