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Mesoscale Discussion 207
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2020, 3:40 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2020, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2020, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 106 counties
Clay County, AR, Randolph County, AR, 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, Lawrence County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Clark County, IN, Crawford County, IN, Daviess County, IN, Dearborn County, IN, Dubois County, IN, Floyd County, IN, Gibson County, IN, Harrison County, IN, Jackson County, IN, Jefferson County, IN, Jennings County, IN, Knox County, IN, Lawrence County, IN, Martin 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, Switzerland County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Washington County, IN, Anderson County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Boone County, KY, Bracken County, KY, Breckinridge County, KY, Bullitt County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Campbell County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Carroll County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Franklin County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Gallatin County, KY, Grant County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Hancock County, KY, Hardin County, KY, Harrison County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Henry County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Jefferson County, KY, Kenton County, KY, Larue County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Meade County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Nelson County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Oldham County, KY, Owen County, KY, Pendleton County, KY, Scott County, KY, Shelby County, KY, Spencer County, KY, Trimble County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO
The radar
The Evansville,IN radar (KVWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Lincoln, IL (KILX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 265 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
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 222 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 11:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 21 more | 115 min |
| Mar 19, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River, Logan and 9 more | 62 min |
| Mar 19, 2:24 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 48 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 6:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Newton, Polk, Pope and 3 more | 84 min |
| Mar 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Lawrence, Martin and 3 more | 89 min |
| Mar 19, 2:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 19, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 19, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 5 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Indiana, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020
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.