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Mesoscale Discussion 810

May 15, 20076 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2007, 4:58 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2007, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Knox County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2007-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 2007-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-167 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1783 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 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
May 15, 11:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Franklin and 12 more90 min
May 15, 12:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 11 more83 min
May 15, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 2 more62 min
May 15, 11:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign and 46 more7 hr
May 15, 12:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 5 more90 min
May 15, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Livingston7 hr
May 15, 3:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Coles and 32 more90 min
May 15, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFord, Iroquois, Kankakee, Vermilion58 min
May 15, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Clay, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Edgar and 8 more35 min
May 15, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 6 more65 min

Nearby

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