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Mesoscale Discussion 484
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2008, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 73 counties
Monroe County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Cass 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, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair 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, Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 950 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 26, 10:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway, Camden and 46 more | 116 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.