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Mesoscale Discussion 1819

August 20, 20075 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT for 5 states. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2007, 4:24 PM EDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2007, 5:30 PM EDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 87 counties

Dearborn County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Mason County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Adams County, OH, Athens County, OH, Belmont County, OH, Brown County, OH, Butler County, OH, Carroll County, OH, Clark County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Clinton County, OH, Columbiana County, OH, Coshocton County, OH, Fairfield County, OH, Fayette County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Greene County, OH, Guernsey County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Harrison County, OH, Highland County, OH, Hocking County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Jefferson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Licking County, OH, Madison County, OH, Meigs County, OH, Monroe County, OH, Montgomery County, OH, Morgan County, OH, Muskingum County, OH, Noble County, OH, Perry County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, Pike County, OH, Ross County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Tuscarawas County, OH, Vinton County, OH, Warren County, OH, Washington County, OH, Allegheny County, PA, Beaver County, PA, Fayette County, PA, Greene County, PA, Washington County, PA, Westmoreland County, PA, Barbour County, WV, Braxton County, WV, Brooke County, WV, Calhoun County, WV, Doddridge County, WV, Gilmer County, WV, Hancock County, WV, Harrison County, WV, Jackson County, WV, Lewis County, WV, Marion County, WV, Marshall County, WV, Mason County, WV, Monongalia County, WV, Ohio County, WV, Pleasants County, WV, Preston County, WV, Randolph County, WV, Ritchie County, WV, Roane County, WV, Taylor County, WV, Tucker County, WV, Tyler County, WV, Upshur County, WV, Wetzel County, WV, Wirt County, WV, Wood County, WV

The radar

The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2007-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 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 2007-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
579 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 20, 12:18 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Grant, Hamilton and 12 more117 min
Aug 20, 1:19 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland and 2 more7 hr
Aug 20, 7:11 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Somerset, York94 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Ohio, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in West Virginia, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.