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Mesoscale Discussion 515

April 22, 201113 counties in Arkansas; 25 counties in Missouri; 11 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2011, 10:44 AM CDT for 13 counties in Arkansas; 25 counties in Missouri; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2011, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2011, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2011-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 148 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2011-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 516 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
148 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-391 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
516 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
554 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

105 
ACUS11 KWNS 221544
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 221544 
MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-221645-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0515
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1044 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN OK...NW AR...SRN MO

CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE 

VALID 221544Z - 221645Z

METEOROLOGICAL DETAILS FORTHCOMING IN UPCOMING 1630Z OUTLOOK
/SWODY1/.

..RACY.. 04/22/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...PAH...LSX...LZK...SGF...TSA...OUN...

LAT...LON   35389624 37149363 37769226 38259085 37758999 36919003
            36459161 34459556 34529630 35389624

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 1:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington97 min
Apr 22, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
Apr 21, 11:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Jackson and 3 more3 hr
Apr 22, 2:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Bates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton and 4 more4 hr
Apr 22, 5:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Caldwell, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson and 2 more87 min
Apr 22, 10:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade and 17 more66 min
Apr 22, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Cedar and 40 more116 min
Apr 22, 3:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 46 more6 hr
Apr 22, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barry, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Christian and 36 more114 min
Apr 22, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCape Girardeau, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois33 min
Apr 22, 5:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Madison and 9 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Mesoscale 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.