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Mesoscale Discussion 1699

August 9, 200727 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Preble County, Ohio

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 9, 2007, 3:05 PM EDT for 27 counties in Indiana; Darke County, Mercer County, Preble County, Ohio. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2007, 3:05 PM EDT (19:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2007, 4:30 PM EDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clay County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Decatur County, IN, Delaware County, IN, Fayette County, IN, Franklin County, IN, Greene County, IN, Hancock County, IN, Henry County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jay County, IN, Johnson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Marion County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Morgan County, IN, Owen County, IN, Randolph County, IN, Rush County, IN, Shelby County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Union County, IN, Wayne County, IN, Darke County, OH, Mercer County, OH, Preble County, OH

The radar

The Indianapolis radar (KIND), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2007-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1945 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 2007-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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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 9, 5:25 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCElkhart, Fulton, Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Marshall and 4 more95 min
Aug 9, 11:54 AM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ashland, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 48 more2 hr
Aug 9, 1:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign and 43 more7 hr
Aug 9, 5:03 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshland, Belmont, Carroll, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford and 25 more87 min
Aug 9, 7:23 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Ashland, Athens, Auglaize, Belmont and 68 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.