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Mesoscale Discussion 771

May 12, 2011Clay County, Arkansas; 24 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 12, 2011, 10:09 PM CDT for Clay County, Arkansas; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2011, 10:09 PM CDT (03:09 UTC)
Expired
May 12, 2011, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Clay County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps 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, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 265 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 2011-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1521 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 2011-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1521 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
6.8

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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
May 12, 9:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 22 more64 min
May 12, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin and 26 more7 hr
May 13, 12:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 13 more89 min
May 13, 12:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 6 more6 hr
May 13, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Mississippi2 hr
May 12, 9:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison59 min
May 13, 4:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.