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Mesoscale Discussion 2418

November 14, 20055 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 14, 2005, 5:40 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 14, 2005, 5:40 PM CST (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Nov 14, 2005, 7:15 PM CST
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 104 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Newton County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Madison County, MO, McDonald County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Wayne County, MO, DeSoto County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 2005-11-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-11-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 302 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
704 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
352 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
Nov 14, 6:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 46 more2 hr
Nov 14, 1:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Cleveland, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Grant and 14 more93 min
Nov 14, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland and 29 more7 hr
Nov 14, 3:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Calhoun, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland and 29 more93 min
Nov 14, 4:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlcorn, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 26 more3 hr

Nearby

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