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Mesoscale Discussion 700

April 30, 2006Baxter County, Fulton County, Marion County, Arkansas; Adams County, Calhoun County, Pike County, Illinois; 52 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2006, 10:30 AM CDT for Baxter County, Fulton County, Marion County, Arkansas; Adams County, Calhoun County, Pike County, Illinois; 52 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2006, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2006, 12:00 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Baxter County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Marion County, AR, Adams County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 2006-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 37 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 2006-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
37 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
547 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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
Apr 30, 11:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Mississippi85 min
Apr 30, 11:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton and 16 more7 hr
Apr 30, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRandolph86 min
Apr 30, 2:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Greene, Mississippi2 hr
Apr 30, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more6 hr
Apr 30, 5:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Poinsett and 1 more95 min

Nearby

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