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Mesoscale Discussion 452

April 6, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2006, 10:21 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2006, 10:21 PM CDT (03:21 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:22 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 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 571 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 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
571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
665 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
212 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.2

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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
Apr 6, 7:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Polk, Scott, Sebastian, Washington97 min
Apr 6, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Cross, Faulkner, Fulton and 12 more3 hr
Apr 7, 9:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 5 more113 min
Apr 7, 10:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 4 more10 hr
Apr 7, 10:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 4 more118 min
Apr 7, 11:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 10 more8 hr
Apr 7, 2:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Chicot, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden and 12 more113 min
Apr 7, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Lafayette67 min
Apr 7, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 10 more93 min
Apr 7, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Union7 hr
Apr 6, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte63 min
Apr 6, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte5 hr
Apr 6, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Brown, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 28 more91 min
Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte114 min
Apr 7, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSaint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis7 hr
Apr 6, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.