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Mesoscale Discussion 197
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 11, 2008, 1:10 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 11, 2008, 1:10 PM CST (19:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 11, 2008, 7:15 PM CST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 90 counties
Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Adair County, KY, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Casey County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Green County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marion County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Taylor County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:14 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 nearest sounding before it
Cncnati-Daytn, OH (KILN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 385 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1231 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 11, 12:43 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone | 4 hr |
| Feb 11, 6:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 32 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.