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Mesoscale Discussion 2529

December 27, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 27, 2008, 3:32 AM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2008, 3:32 AM CST (09:32 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2008, 5:00 AM CST
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 194 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lafayette County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:34 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 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2008-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 153 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 2008-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 452 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
153 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
808 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
452 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
585 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Dec 26, 9:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 10 more85 min
Dec 27, 12:03 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more7 hr
Dec 27, 6:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne and 34 more7 hr
Dec 27, 7:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCLafayette, Miller6 hr
Dec 27, 8:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 61 more117 min
Dec 27, 9:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard and 4 more56 min
Dec 27, 1:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 52 more25 min
Dec 27, 1:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Cross and 26 more5 hr
Dec 27, 3:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Cross, Greene, Independence, Jackson and 10 more89 min
Dec 27, 5:47 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrittenden4 hr
Dec 26, 6:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 28 more58 min
Dec 26, 9:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 25 more7 hr
Dec 27, 4:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 4 more8 hr
Dec 26, 11:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Grundy, Knox, Lewis, Macon and 8 more90 min
Dec 27, 1:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCKnox, Lewis, Marion, Shelby7 hr
Dec 27, 9:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 12 more3 hr
Dec 27, 10:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 38 more94 min
Dec 27, 10:58 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChristian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Laclede, Lincoln and 14 more8 hr
Dec 27, 11:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dent, Douglas, Franklin, Howell, Iron and 10 more89 min
Dec 27, 12:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Madison and 8 more5 hr
Dec 27, 5:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi84 min
Dec 27, 12:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 22 more83 min
Dec 27, 2:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 41 more7 hr
Dec 27, 10:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas and 27 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.