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Mesoscale Discussion 202

February 11, 20086 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 11, 2008, 11:51 PM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 11, 2008, 11:51 PM CST (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 12, 2008, 4:45 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 169 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Clay County, IL, Crawford 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, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bartholomew County, IN, Brown County, IN, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Greene County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin County, IN, Monroe County, IN, Ohio County, IN, Orange County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Ripley County, IN, Scott County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Sullivan County, IN, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Bath County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bourbon County, KY, Boyle County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Carter County, KY, Christian County, KY, Clark County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Elliott County, KY, Fayette County, KY, Fleming County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Garrard County, KY, Grant County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Greenup County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Jessamine County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Lewis County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Madison County, KY, Marion County, KY, Marshall County, KY, Mason County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Menifee County, KY, Mercer County, KY, Montgomery County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Nicholas County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Powell County, KY, Robertson County, KY, Rowan County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Washington County, KY, Webster County, KY, Woodford County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Adams County, OH, Brown County, OH, Clermont County, OH, Hamilton County, OH, Scioto County, OH

The nearest sounding before it

Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-02-12Temperature 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, Nashville Metro, TN at 00:00Z on 2008-02-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 505 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
505 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
589 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
Feb 11, 9:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Garland, Grant and 28 more4 hr
Feb 11, 10:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland, Howard and 18 more114 min
Feb 12, 1:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Dallas and 25 more88 min
Feb 11, 6:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 9 more5 hr
Feb 12, 6:54 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Gallatin, Hardin, Johnson, Massac, Pope and 2 more4 hr
Feb 12, 12:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn, Decatur and 23 more6 hr
Feb 12, 12:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Ashland, Athens, Belmont, Brown, Butler and 62 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.