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Mesoscale Discussion 505

April 21, 201125 counties in Arkansas; Chautauqua County, Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT for 25 counties in Arkansas; Chautauqua County, Labette County, Montgomery County, Kansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2011, 2:25 PM CDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2011, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Benton County, AR, Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh 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, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 2011-04-21Temperature 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 2011-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 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
Apr 20, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot6 hr
Apr 20, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln83 min
Apr 21, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Conway and 22 more7 hr
Apr 21, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson, Logan and 7 more92 min

Nearby

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