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Mesoscale Discussion 565

April 24, 200751 counties in Arkansas; 57 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2007, 3:10 PM CDT for 51 counties in Arkansas; 57 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2007, 3:10 PM CDT (20:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 108 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Ashley County, AR, Baxter County, AR, Bradley County, AR, Calhoun 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, Grant County, AR, Greene 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, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett 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, Audrain County, MO, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Carter County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford 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, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:12 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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 129 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 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
129 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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
Apr 24, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPolk, Sebastian2 hr
Apr 24, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHoward, Little River, Miller, Sevier8 hr
Apr 24, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Clark, Conway, Crawford, Dallas and 17 more7 hr
Apr 24, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 7 more92 min
Apr 24, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 28 more87 min
Apr 24, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Cedar and 15 more5 hr
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 41 more6 hr

Nearby

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