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Mesoscale Discussion 192

February 24, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2007, 8:29 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2007, 8:29 AM CST (14:29 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 9:30 AM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Newton County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bienville Parish, LA, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Claiborne Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Panola County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 171 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 513 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
513 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
661 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.2

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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 24, 8:47 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 42 more9 hr
Feb 24, 10:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 59 more115 min
Feb 24, 1:10 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCAshley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Phillips and 1 more7 hr
Feb 24, 1:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln2 hr
Feb 24, 3:49 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Phillips86 min
Feb 24, 4:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAcadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron and 12 more59 min
Feb 23, 6:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 2 more90 min
Feb 23, 7:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 19 more85 min
Feb 23, 9:01 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 18 more89 min
Feb 23, 9:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more9 hr
Feb 23, 11:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 23 more115 min
Feb 24, 3:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 43 more97 min
Feb 24, 5:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Creek, Garvin, Hughes, Jefferson and 16 more55 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.