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Mesoscale Discussion 738

May 3, 20067 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 3, 2006, 12:46 PM CDT for 7 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 3, 2006, 12:46 PM CDT (17:46 UTC)
Expired
May 3, 2006, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Union County, IL, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot 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, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:49 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, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2006-05-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1602 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 2006-05-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
1602 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-87 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1017 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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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
May 3, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 7 more7 hr
May 3, 1:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more32 min
May 3, 2:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 35 more7 hr
May 3, 4:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley and 55 more54 min
May 3, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead and 30 more86 min
May 3, 9:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 4 more88 min
May 2, 7:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Nemaha and 4 more117 min
May 2, 9:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary, Jackson and 12 more94 min
May 2, 11:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 35 more7 hr
May 3, 2:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Wyandotte2 hr
May 3, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more33 min
May 3, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 11 more7 hr
May 3, 6:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 6 more97 min
May 2, 7:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garfield, Garvin and 18 more93 min
May 2, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Grady and 8 more5 hr
May 2, 9:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Grady and 10 more96 min
May 2, 10:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray88 min
May 3, 1:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Latimer, Marshall, Pittsburg and 1 more32 min
May 3, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman93 min
May 3, 3:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer and 7 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.