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Mesoscale Discussion 2211

September 15, 200523 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 15, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2005, 1:43 PM CDT (18:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2005, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Ashley County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Miller County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Union County, AR, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Morris County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 715 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 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
715 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
907 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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
Sep 15, 6:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMontgomery, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Sevier27 min
Sep 15, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 17 more5 hr
Sep 15, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Drew, Hempstead and 7 more61 min
Sep 14, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 11 more64 min
Sep 15, 2:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Delta, Fannin and 8 more25 min
Sep 15, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCWichita, Wilbarger7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.