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Mesoscale Discussion 2122

October 19, 20076 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 19, 2007, 1:52 AM EDT for 6 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 19, 2007, 1:52 AM EDT (05:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 19, 2007, 2:45 AM EDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Bath County, KY, Bell County, KY, Boyd County, KY, Breathitt County, KY, Carter County, KY, Clay County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Estill County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Floyd County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Harlan County, KY, Jackson County, KY, Johnson County, KY, Knott County, KY, Knox County, KY, Laurel County, KY, Lawrence County, KY, Lee County, KY, Leslie County, KY, Letcher County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Magoffin County, KY, Martin County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Morgan County, KY, Owsley County, KY, Perry County, KY, Pike County, KY, Powell County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Whitley County, KY, Wolfe County, KY, Cherokee County, NC, Graham County, NC, Swain County, NC, Adams County, OH, Gallia County, OH, Jackson County, OH, Lawrence County, OH, Pike County, OH, Scioto County, OH, Anderson County, TN, Blount County, TN, Bradley County, TN, Campbell County, TN, Claiborne County, TN, Cocke County, TN, Grainger County, TN, Hamblen County, TN, Hancock County, TN, Hawkins County, TN, Jefferson County, TN, Knox County, TN, Loudon County, TN, McMinn County, TN, Meigs County, TN, Monroe County, TN, Morgan County, TN, Polk County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Roane County, TN, Scott County, TN, Sevier County, TN, Union County, TN, City of Norton, VA, Lee County, VA, Wise County, VA, Cabell County, WV, Lincoln County, WV, Mingo County, WV, Wayne County, WV

The radar

The Jackson,KY radar (KJKL), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:53 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

Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 807 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 00:00Z on 2007-10-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 246 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
807 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
5.2

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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
Oct 18, 8:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 41 more84 min
Oct 18, 10:22 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon and 53 more5 hr
Oct 18, 11:50 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Anderson, Barren, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle and 42 more85 min
Oct 19, 2:26 AM EDTTornado WatchSPCBath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Clay and 31 more3 hr
Oct 18, 10:57 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Auglaize, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton and 15 more93 min
Oct 18, 10:51 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 25 more84 min
Oct 18, 11:27 PM EDTTornado WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland and 32 more4 hr
Oct 19, 6:05 PM EDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlbemarle, Arlington, Augusta, Caroline, Clarke, Culpeper and 33 more55 min

Nearby

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