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Mesoscale Discussion 867

May 10, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2008, 5:13 PM CDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2008, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 114 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte 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, Clay 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, Iron 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, 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, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 2008-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 115 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 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
May 10, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead and 21 more115 min
May 10, 7:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Hempstead, Howard and 12 more2 hr
May 10, 9:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 37 more65 min
May 10, 10:11 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 29 more5 hr
May 10, 10:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 7 more2 hr
May 10, 11:29 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford and 15 more9 hr
May 10, 12:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Lawrence and 4 more116 min
May 10, 2:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more97 min
May 10, 3:36 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 36 more4 hr
May 10, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more10 hr
May 10, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 28 more83 min
May 10, 6:51 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun and 50 more7 hr
May 9, 11:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins2 hr
May 10, 1:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellsworth, Harper and 16 more115 min
May 10, 12:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 24 more88 min
May 10, 1:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 16 more10 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.