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Mesoscale Discussion 144

February 13, 2007Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana; 7 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 13, 2007, 5:26 AM CST for Mobile County, Washington County, Alabama; Orleans Parish, Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana; 7 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 13, 2007, 5:26 AM CST (11:26 UTC)
Expired
Feb 13, 2007, 7:00 AM CST
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Mobile County, AL, Washington County, AL, Orleans Parish, LA, Saint Bernard Parish, LA, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 119 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, Slidell Radar S, LA 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2007-02-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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, 2:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMobile, Washington55 min
Feb 13, 2:43 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 6 more10 hr
Feb 13, 4:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallas, Greene, Hale, Marengo, Perry, Sumter85 min
Feb 13, 7:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Conecuh, Escambia, Mobile, Monroe96 min
Feb 13, 9:07 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston7 hr
Feb 13, 11:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, Franklin, Lamar, Marion87 min
Feb 13, 12:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston67 min
Feb 13, 12:49 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Chilton, Colbert, Cullman and 21 more6 hr
Feb 13, 5:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Chilton and 21 more96 min
Feb 13, 5:18 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Calhoun and 29 more4 hr
Feb 12, 6:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 10 more2 hr
Feb 12, 9:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu and 16 more97 min
Feb 12, 10:39 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Calcasieu and 30 more7 hr
Feb 13, 2:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Saint Charles and 5 more64 min

Nearby

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