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Mesoscale Discussion 2153

November 21, 20076 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 21, 2007, 3:18 PM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 21, 2007, 3:18 PM CST (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Nov 21, 2007, 4:45 PM CST
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 123 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2007-11-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 91 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2007-11-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
91 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
805 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 21, 11:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 58 more118 min
Nov 21, 12:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 43 more6 hr
Nov 21, 2:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union8 hr
Nov 21, 5:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot, Columbia, Union65 min
Nov 21, 5:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Carroll, Jo Daviess, McHenry, Ogle, Rock Island and 3 more4 hr
Nov 21, 12:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington and 30 more2 hr
Nov 21, 5:29 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 51 more6 hr
Nov 21, 12:28 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer, Nodaway and 3 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.