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Mesoscale Discussion 2142

November 14, 2007Mississippi County, Arkansas; 21 counties in Kentucky; 27 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 14, 2007, 11:00 AM CST for Mississippi County, Arkansas; 21 counties in Kentucky; 27 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2007, 11:00 AM CST (17:00 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2007, 12:00 PM CST
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Mississippi County, AR, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Warren County, KY, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson 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, Madison County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 143 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 12:00Z on 2007-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 244 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
143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
244 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Nov 14, 1:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Crittenden, Cross, Desha, Lee, Monroe and 2 more64 min
Nov 14, 2:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi and 3 more5 hr
Nov 14, 2:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Barren, Bell, Boyle, Casey and 23 more96 min

Nearby

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