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Mesoscale Discussion 2057

August 23, 200535 counties in Arkansas; Bolivar County, Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 23, 2005, 2:25 PM CDT for 35 counties in Arkansas; Bolivar County, Coahoma County, Tunica County, Mississippi. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2005, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2005, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, Tunica County, MS

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 171 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 2005-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1261 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 2005-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 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
1261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.3

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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
Aug 23, 1:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 4 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 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.