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Mesoscale Discussion 559

April 11, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2005, 2:01 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2005, 2:01 PM CDT (19:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2005, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:00 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 67 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2005-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 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
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
765 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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
Apr 10, 8:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington2 hr
Apr 10, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 10 more7 hr
Apr 11, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 11 more67 min
Apr 11, 3:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union63 min
Apr 11, 3:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Clark, Crawford, Franklin, Howard and 11 more67 min
Apr 11, 3:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union7 hr
Apr 11, 6:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden and 27 more118 min
Apr 11, 6:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Columbia, Lafayette, Miller, Union67 min
Apr 11, 9:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Union2 hr
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Desha, Drew9 hr
Apr 11, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Columbia, Union2 hr
Apr 10, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Clay, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 14 more2 hr
Apr 11, 10:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Geary, Marshall, Nemaha and 4 more95 min
Apr 11, 11:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Chase, Clay, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 13 more8 hr
Apr 11, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Geary, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 5 more59 min
Apr 11, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDoniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte4 hr
Apr 10, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Holt56 min
Apr 10, 7:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 18 more88 min

Nearby

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