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Mesoscale Discussion 1893

August 7, 20116 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2011, 8:27 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2011, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2011, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Baxter 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, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Union County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Ottawa County, OK, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 2011-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1238 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
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
Aug 7, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Randolph4 hr
Aug 7, 10:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lawrence and 3 more96 min
Aug 8, 2:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Cross and 29 more86 min
Aug 8, 1:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bureau, Carroll, DeKalb, Grundy, Henderson and 19 more84 min
Aug 8, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Ford and 21 more67 min
Aug 8, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 19 more5 hr
Aug 8, 5:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Bracken, Campbell, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton and 3 more2 hr
Aug 8, 12:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Dade and 7 more59 min
Aug 8, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 13 more3 hr
Aug 7, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Grant, Harper, Kay, Woods3 hr
Aug 8, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 30 more2 hr
Aug 8, 6:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Craig and 29 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.