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Mesoscale Discussion 533

April 23, 20117 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 9 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 23, 2011, 5:06 AM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 9 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2011, 5:06 AM CDT (10:06 UTC)
Expired
Apr 23, 2011, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 2011-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2835 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 00:00Z on 2011-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 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
2835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.7
Supercell composite
18.1

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The text

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

273 
ACUS11 KWNS 231006
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 231006 
MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-231030-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0533
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0506 AM CDT SAT APR 23 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...NERN OK...SWRN MO...NWRN AR

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 183...

VALID 231006Z - 231030Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 183
CONTINUES.

DEPENDING ON CONVECTIVE TRENDS NEXT 30 MIN OR SO...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH 183 MAY NEED TO BE REPLACED BY ANOTHER WW BEFORE
ITS EXPIRATION TIME OF 11Z. SOME THREAT FOR ISOLATED LARGE HAIL AND
POSSIBLY DAMAGING WIND MAY CONTINUE FROM NERN OK...NWRN AR INTO SRN
MO.

A 40-50 KT SWLY LLJ WILL MAINTAIN ISENTROPIC LIFT NORTH OF STALLED
BOUNDARY FOR ELEVATED STORMS TO INCREASE FROM NERN OK SPREADING EWD
THROUGH NWRN AR AND SRN MO. STORMS DEVELOPING OVER NERN OK ARE IN
CLOSER PROXIMITY TO STRONGER INSTABILITY AND FEED OF HIGHER THETA-E
AIR...WHILE INSTABILITY DECREASES WITH ERN EXTENT INTO SRN MO AND
NWRN AR BASED ON LATEST OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS
EXPECTED TO BE ISOLATED LARGE HAIL...BUT IF STORMS GROW UPSCALE THE
THREAT FOR DAMAGING WIND COULD ALSO INCREASE.

..DIAL.. 04/23/2011

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

ATTN...WFO...LZK...SGF...TSA...

LAT...LON   35909311 35679470 35779595 36629595 37369381 37699166
            36819132 35909311

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 7 more91 min
Apr 22, 8:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Madison, Washington96 min
Apr 22, 9:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington66 min
Apr 22, 11:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion and 3 more7 hr
Apr 22, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 4 more2 hr
Apr 23, 2:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Washington87 min
Apr 23, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Mississippi86 min
Apr 23, 5:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford and 21 more58 min
Apr 23, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Clay, Fulton, Randolph2 hr
Apr 23, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 30 more6 hr
Apr 22, 9:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Jefferson, Madison, Mississippi and 9 more55 min
Apr 23, 1:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Iron and 11 more4 hr
Apr 23, 3:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, Perry, Sainte Genevieve and 3 more94 min
Apr 22, 11:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 19 more4 hr
Apr 23, 2:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLatimer, LeFlore, Pittsburg, Pushmataha67 min
Apr 23, 12:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 2 more64 min
Apr 23, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 11 more9 hr

Nearby

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