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Mesoscale Discussion 2352

November 22, 201123 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 22, 2011, 1:46 AM CST for 23 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 22, 2011, 1:46 AM CST (07:46 UTC)
Expired
Nov 22, 2011, 2:45 AM CST
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Little River County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 217 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-11-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 485 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, Shreveport, LA at 00:00Z on 2011-11-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 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
485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1180 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
Nov 21, 8:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Dallas, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 7 more89 min
Nov 21, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas, Garland, Grant and 17 more5 hr
Nov 21, 10:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Little River and 6 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.