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Mesoscale Discussion 173

February 20, 20075 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 20, 2007, 6:27 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 20, 2007, 6:27 PM CST (00:27 UTC)
Expired
Feb 20, 2007, 8:00 PM CST
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Butler County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Madison County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2007-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2007-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 132 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156175Sfc1 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.2

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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
Feb 20, 8:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett92 min
Feb 21, 1:37 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell and 41 more2 hr
Feb 21, 4:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPolk114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.