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Mesoscale Discussion 1537

July 19, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 19, 2007, 12:45 PM EDT for 4 states. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 19, 2007, 12:45 PM EDT (16:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2007, 1:45 PM EDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 101 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Owen County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Rush County, IN, Scott County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Union County, IN, Warrick 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, Clark County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henry County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Mason County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Highland County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Pike County, OH, Preble County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Warren County, OH, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Louisville radar (KLVX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1294 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, Cncnati-Daytn, OH at 12:00Z on 2007-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
6.2

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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 18, 8:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Cass, DeKalb and 23 more7 hr
Jul 18, 10:06 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Benton, Blackford, Boone, Carroll and 52 more84 min
Jul 19, 1:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Dearborn, Decatur, Fayette and 13 more8 hr
Jul 19, 2:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Crawford, Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Greene and 15 more93 min
Jul 19, 2:42 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Daviess, Gibson, Greene, Knox, Lawrence and 8 more6 hr
Jul 19, 6:38 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Gibson, Harrison, Perry, Posey, Spencer and 2 more97 min
Jul 18, 10:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll and 56 more6 hr
Jul 19, 10:09 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGallia, Lawrence, Meigs96 min
Jul 19, 3:54 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron and 7 more96 min
Jul 19, 7:15 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Carroll, Champaign and 31 more90 min
Jul 19, 2:07 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGrant, Hardy, Pendleton8 hr
Jul 19, 6:27 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Pendleton93 min

Nearby

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