Alert archive / Arkansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 744
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 3, 2006, 4:06 PM CDT for 8 states. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 3, 2006, 4:06 PM CDT (21:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2006, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 211 counties
Colbert County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clark County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Columbia County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Drew County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Greene County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Marion County, AR, Miller County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Newton County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Pike County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Union County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell 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, Union County, KY, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, Bolivar County, MS, Coahoma County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Lafayette County, MS, Lee County, MS, Marshall County, MS, Panola County, MS, Pontotoc County, MS, Prentiss County, MS, Quitman County, MS, Sunflower County, MS, Tallahatchie County, MS, Tate County, MS, Tippah County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Tunica County, MS, Union County, MS, Yalobusha County, MS, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 852 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blount, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne and 12 more | 113 min |
| May 3, 6:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lauderdale | 86 min |
| May 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Craighead and 11 more | 59 min |
| May 3, 1:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 1:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more | 32 min |
| May 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 35 more | 7 hr |
| May 3, 9:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Madison, Monroe and 4 more | 88 min |
| May 2, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb and 5 more | 94 min |
| May 3, 2:59 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay and 19 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.