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Mesoscale Discussion 422

April 3, 20076 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2007, 11:04 AM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 26 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 11:04 AM CDT (16:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 144 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, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Newton County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson 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, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade 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, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage 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 Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis 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, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Perry County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 210 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 2007-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1571 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 2007-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 275 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
1571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-171 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
930 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.6

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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
Apr 3, 2:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland and 53 more118 min
Apr 3, 3:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 39 more7 hr
Apr 3, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Lafayette and 7 more7 hr
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi, Monroe and 5 more60 min
Apr 2, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside8 hr
Apr 2, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Ogle, Stephenson, Winnebago57 min
Apr 3, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Jo Daviess, Rock Island, Stephenson, Whiteside93 min
Apr 3, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Cass, Fulton, Hancock and 19 more55 min
Apr 3, 4:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Bureau, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 16 more6 hr
Apr 3, 7:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Fulton, Greene and 15 more88 min
Apr 3, 9:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 26 more67 min
Apr 3, 9:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 37 more29 min
Apr 3, 9:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBond, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark and 32 more6 hr
Apr 3, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Bond, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Crawford and 30 more8 hr
Apr 3, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edwards and 26 more65 min
Apr 3, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 43 more65 min
Apr 3, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Allen, Bartholomew, Blackford, Boone, Brown and 53 more7 hr
Apr 3, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBartholomew, Blackford, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Dearborn and 33 more67 min
Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barren, Bullitt, Butler, Clinton, Cumberland and 12 more6 hr
Apr 3, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Anderson, Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyd and 60 more5 hr
Apr 3, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Cumberland, Edmonson and 11 more2 hr
Apr 2, 8:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Schuyler and 1 more115 min
Apr 2, 11:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison and 3 more65 min
Apr 3, 12:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 14 more7 hr
Apr 3, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton and 14 more53 min
Apr 3, 4:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay, Cole, Cooper and 12 more62 min
Apr 3, 7:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 30 more8 hr

Nearby

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