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Mesoscale Discussion 1639

July 4, 200514 counties in Arkansas; Monroe County, Illinois; 17 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2005, 12:21 PM CDT for 14 counties in Arkansas; Monroe County, Illinois; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2005, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2005, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Monroe County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1450 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2005-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -70 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
1450 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-52 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-43 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
Jul 4, 12:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 10 more89 min
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, 12:50 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 4, 2:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 25 more97 min
Jul 4, 11:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Bureau, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 41 more92 min
Jul 4, 12:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 41 more6 hr
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

Nearby

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