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Mesoscale Discussion 1657

August 5, 200713 counties in Illinois; 34 counties in Indiana

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 5, 2007, 7:56 PM CDT for 13 counties in Illinois; 34 counties in Indiana. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 5, 2007, 7:56 PM CDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2007, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Champaign County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Douglas County, IL, Edgar County, IL, Ford County, IL, Iroquois County, IL, Kankakee County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, McLean County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Vermilion County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Benton County, IN, Blackford County, IN, Boone County, IN, Carroll County, IN, Cass County, IN, Clinton County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fountain County, IN, Fulton County, IN, Grant County, IN, Hamilton County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Hendricks County, IN, Howard County, IN, Huntington County, IN, Jasper County, IN, Kosciusko County, IN, Madison County, IN, Marion County, IN, Marshall County, IN, Miami County, IN, Montgomery County, IN, Newton County, IN, Parke County, IN, Pulaski County, IN, Putnam County, IN, Starke County, IN, Tippecanoe County, IN, Tipton County, IN, Vermillion County, IN, Wabash County, IN, Warren County, IN, White County, IN, Whitley County, IN

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2007-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1547 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 190 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
1547 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1378 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
190 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
10.0

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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
Aug 6, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Grundy, Henry and 10 more83 min
Aug 6, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlackford, Boone, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Delaware and 27 more87 min

Nearby

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