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Mesoscale Discussion 264

March 9, 20075 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2007, 8:59 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2007, 8:59 PM CST (02:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2007, 10:00 PM CST
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Delaware County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Morris County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:00 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 206 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 150 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 00:00Z on 2007-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
150 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
847 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
Mar 9, 6:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Little River and 8 more64 min
Mar 10, 5:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Donley, Floyd, Gray and 4 more64 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.