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Mesoscale Discussion 33
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 8, 2008, 1:11 PM CST for 8 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 8, 2008, 1:11 PM CST (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 8, 2008, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 130 counties
Chicot County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Desha County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Phillips County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Crawford County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Perry County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, East Carroll Parish, LA, Madison Parish, LA, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Attala County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Calhoun County, MS, Carroll County, MS, Chickasaw County, MS, Choctaw County, MS, Claiborne County, MS, Clay County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Copiah County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Grenada County, MS, Hinds County, MS, Holmes County, MS, Humphreys County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Itawamba County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Leake County, MS, Lee County, MS, Leflore County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Madison County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Monroe County, MS, Montgomery County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Newton County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Simpson County, MS, Smith County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Warren County, MS, Washington County, MS, Webster County, MS, Winston County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Yazoo County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:12 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
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -66 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 709 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 466 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 474 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 5.1
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 | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington | 94 min |
| Jan 7, 7:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 7, 10:04 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Washington | 86 min |
| Jan 8, 3:44 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Carroll, Fulton | 91 min |
| Jan 8, 7:18 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 34 more | 117 min |
| Jan 8, 8:34 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 45 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 11:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 48 more | 2 hr |
| Jan 8, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Crittenden, Desha and 7 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 6:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Pike and 2 more | 93 min |
| Jan 7, 7:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas and 4 more | 117 min |
| Jan 7, 10:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt and 12 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 7, 6:01 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, LaGrange, LaPorte and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Allen, Blackford, DeKalb, Grant, Huntington and 5 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 8, 4:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harrison, Perry, Spencer, Warrick | 117 min |
| Jan 8, 5:51 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, Metcalfe, Monroe | 54 min |
| Jan 8, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Jan 7, 8:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Chariton, Henry, Howard, Johnson and 5 more | 65 min |
| Jan 7, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Bates, Carroll, Cass, Cedar, Chariton and 12 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 7, 11:18 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Henry, Johnson and 3 more | 87 min |
| Jan 8, 2:02 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dent, Douglas, Shannon, Texas, Wright | 118 min |
Nearby
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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.