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Mesoscale Discussion 491

April 14, 200738 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 11 counties in Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2007, 2:12 PM CDT for 38 counties in Alabama; 10 counties in Florida; 11 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2007, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2007, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Autauga County, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Barbour County, AL, Bibb County, AL, Bullock County, AL, Butler County, AL, Chambers County, AL, Chilton County, AL, Choctaw County, AL, Clarke County, AL, Coffee County, AL, Conecuh County, AL, Coosa County, AL, Covington County, AL, Crenshaw County, AL, Dale County, AL, Dallas County, AL, Elmore County, AL, Escambia County, AL, Geneva County, AL, Greene County, AL, Hale County, AL, Henry County, AL, Houston County, AL, Lee County, AL, Lowndes County, AL, Macon County, AL, Marengo County, AL, Mobile County, AL, Monroe County, AL, Montgomery County, AL, Perry County, AL, Pike County, AL, Russell County, AL, Sumter County, AL, Tallapoosa County, AL, Washington County, AL, Wilcox County, AL, Bay County, FL, Calhoun County, FL, Escambia County, FL, Gulf County, FL, Holmes County, FL, Jackson County, FL, Okaloosa County, FL, Santa Rosa County, FL, Walton County, FL, Washington County, FL, Clarke County, MS, Forrest County, MS, George County, MS, Greene County, MS, Hancock County, MS, Harrison County, MS, Jackson County, MS, Jones County, MS, Perry County, MS, Stone County, MS, Wayne County, MS

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 238 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
972 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
Apr 14, 10:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaldwin, Butler, Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Covington and 7 more53 min
Apr 14, 10:26 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Butler and 32 more7 hr
Apr 14, 12:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Cullman, DeKalb and 10 more66 min
Apr 14, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoffee, Dale, Geneva, Henry, Houston7 hr
Apr 14, 5:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Bibb, Bullock, Butler, Chambers and 26 more56 min
Apr 14, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAutauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bullock, Butler, Choctaw and 19 more6 hr
Apr 14, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaker, Columbia, Franklin, Gadsden, Hamilton, Jefferson and 7 more65 min
Apr 14, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNassau97 min
Apr 13, 10:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower and 2 more95 min
Apr 14, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 11 more56 min
Apr 14, 1:41 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey and 2 more6 hr
Apr 14, 6:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAmite, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 27 more88 min
Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAmite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 34 more6 hr

Nearby

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