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Mesoscale Discussion 657

April 25, 20065 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 25, 2006, 7:20 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2006, 7:20 PM CDT (00:20 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2006, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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 00:00Z on 2006-04-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 890 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, Little Rock, AR at 00:00Z on 2006-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
Apr 25, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Union90 min
Apr 25, 10:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden59 min
Apr 26, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot2 hr
Apr 25, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Johnson, Unicoi2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.