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Mesoscale Discussion 812

May 15, 20078 counties in Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2007, 5:28 PM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; Bossier Parish, Caddo Parish, Webster Parish, Louisiana; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2007, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Clark County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Bossier Parish, LA, Caddo Parish, LA, Webster Parish, LA, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 880 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2007-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
880 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-102 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
858 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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, 4:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett and 2 more62 min
May 15, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCulberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Presidio65 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 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.