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Mesoscale Discussion 1631

July 4, 200516 counties in Arkansas; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2005, 12:01 AM CDT for 16 counties in Arkansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2005, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 95 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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
Jul 4, 1:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River, Logan and 7 more35 min
Jul 4, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington7 hr
Jul 4, 5:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 2 more63 min
Jul 4, 11:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 11 more85 min
Jul 4, 12:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence and 8 more84 min
Jul 4, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross, Fulton and 12 more6 hr
Jul 4, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 14 more83 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 11 more94 min
Jul 3, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Cedar, Christian and 19 more115 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 13 more7 hr
Jul 3, 8:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb and 5 more64 min
Jul 3, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 30 more87 min
Jul 4, 11:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.