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Mesoscale Discussion 2145

November 14, 200713 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Mississippi; 13 counties in Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 14, 2007, 6:36 PM CST for 13 counties in Alabama; 16 counties in Mississippi; 13 counties in Tennessee. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2007, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2007, 8:00 PM CST
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Cullman County, AL, Fayette County, AL, Franklin County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lamar County, AL, Lawrence County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, Marion County, AL, Morgan County, AL, Pickens County, AL, Walker County, AL, Winston County, AL, Attala County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Clay County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Bledsoe County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Cumberland County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Marion County, TN, Moore County, TN, Rhea County, TN, Sequatchie County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, White County, TN

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2007-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 146 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, Birmingham, AL at 00:00Z on 2007-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
981 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Alabama, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.