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Mesoscale Discussion 1200

June 6, 200553 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Missouri; Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2005, 12:38 PM CDT for 53 counties in Arkansas; 11 counties in Missouri; Adair County, LeFlore County, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2005, 12:38 PM CDT (17:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2005, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Newton County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Adair County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1657 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 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
Jun 6, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay2 hr
Jun 5, 7:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more94 min
Jun 5, 10:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 8 more94 min
Jun 5, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Jefferson and 6 more4 hr
Jun 6, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Grant, Kay, Mayes, Noble and 7 more89 min
Jun 6, 2:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron55 min
Jun 6, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron, Texas7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.