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Mesoscale Discussion 44
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 10, 2008, 7:52 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 10, 2008, 7:52 AM CST (13:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 10, 2008, 9:45 AM CST
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 92 counties
Alexander 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, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Perry County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hart County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Monroe County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Perry County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Cannon County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Clay County, TN, Davidson County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Jackson County, TN, Macon County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Smith County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Sumner County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Nashville Metro, TN (KBNA), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 1:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bourbon, Boyle and 46 more | 87 min |
| Jan 10, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Bath, Boyle and 42 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 10, 3:05 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Allen, Barren, Boyle, Butler, Casey and 30 more | 115 min |
| Jan 10, 3:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Clinton, Cumberland, Monroe | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 7:17 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chester, Fayette, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson and 4 more | 118 min |
| Jan 10, 7:46 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, Hardin, Henderson, McNairy and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 10, 9:23 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Decatur, Giles, Hardin, Hickman, Lawrence and 10 more | 67 min |
| Jan 10, 11:33 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson and 27 more | 9 hr |
| Jan 10, 12:09 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McNairy | 96 min |
| Jan 10, 1:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Giles, Hardin, Lawrence, Lewis, McNairy and 4 more | 93 min |
| Jan 10, 5:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 22 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.