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Mesoscale Discussion 2088

August 26, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 26, 2005, 5:33 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2005, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2005, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Fulton County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2005-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1632 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 2005-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
1632 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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
Aug 26, 1:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Clay, Cleburne and 44 more2 hr
Aug 26, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more7 hr
Aug 26, 2:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBallard, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden and 14 more64 min
Aug 26, 3:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBreckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Edmonson, Grayson, Hancock and 7 more64 min
Aug 26, 10:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barry, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway and 49 more3 hr
Aug 26, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Greene and 6 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2005Mesoscale 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.