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Mesoscale Discussion 19
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 7, 2008, 6:57 PM CST for 8 counties in Illinois; Crawford County, Kansas; 54 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 7, 2008, 6:57 PM CST (00:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 7, 2008, 8:30 PM CST
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties
Calhoun County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Pike County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Scott County, IL, Crawford County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 281 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 6:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Pike, Schuyler | 94 min |
| Jan 7, 7:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 4 more | 117 min |
| Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Fayette, Greene, Jackson and 12 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun | 86 min |
| Jan 7, 10:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jo Daviess | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:22 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 10 more | 83 min |
| Jan 8, 1:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gallatin, Hardin, Massac, Pope | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more | 65 min |
| Jan 7, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more | 87 min |
| Jan 8, 3:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 5 more | 91 min |
| Jan 8, 2:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dent, Douglas, Shannon, Texas, Wright | 118 min |
| Jan 8, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley and 2 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.