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Mesoscale Discussion 2043

September 30, 20074 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 30, 2007, 2:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2007, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 2007-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 331 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
331 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
297 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
Sep 30, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Washington6 hr
Sep 30, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton92 min
Sep 30, 12:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay and 9 more65 min
Sep 30, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Barton, Bates, Benton and 47 more7 hr
Sep 30, 2:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 24 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.