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Mesoscale Discussion 993

May 26, 20066 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2006, 7:33 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2006, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2006, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 90 counties

Colbert County, AL, DeKalb County, AL, Jackson County, AL, Lauderdale County, AL, Limestone County, AL, Madison County, AL, 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, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Calloway County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Tishomingo County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy 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, Marion County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2006-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2891 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2891 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1255 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 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
May 26, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColbert, DeKalb, Jackson, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Limestone and 1 more24 min
May 27, 3:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Cleburne, Colbert, Cullman and 12 more96 min
May 26, 11:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more95 min
May 27, 3:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 4 more3 hr
May 27, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Scotland5 hr

Nearby

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