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Mesoscale Discussion 1982

September 17, 20065 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 17, 2006, 12:25 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 17, 2006, 12:25 PM CDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 17, 2006, 3:00 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 106 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Marion County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, McCurtain County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Collin County, TX, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:27 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2006-09-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1535 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 2006-09-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
1535 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 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
Sep 17, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Cook, Crawford, Cumberland and 12 more2 hr
Sep 16, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 3 more5 hr
Sep 16, 11:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay, Clinton and 14 more2 hr
Sep 16, 7:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 more113 min
Sep 16, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 17 more85 min
Sep 17, 6:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 36 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.