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Mesoscale Discussion 1039
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2012, 7:47 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2012, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2012, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 936 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 352 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 040048
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 040047
MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-040145-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1039
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0747 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...SERN KS...NERN OK...SWRN MO...NWRN AR
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 347...
VALID 040047Z - 040145Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 347 CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...MONITORING FOR POSSIBLE WW ISSUANCE TO THE E/NE OF WW 347
WITH A GRADUAL INCREASE IN CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT OCCURRING WITHIN A
W-E ORIENTATION IN SERN KS.
DISCUSSION...SMALL BAND OF CONVECTION ASSOCIATED WITH A WEAK
MID-LEVEL IMPULSE HAS FLARED UP RECENTLY OVER SERN KS....TO THE NW
AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY NOTED IN SURFACE OBSERVATIONS IN SWRN MO/NERN
AR. ALTHOUGH STRONGER LOW-LEVEL MASS RESPONSE IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR
FARTHER SW IN WRN OK THIS EVENING...WEAK ISENTROPIC LIFT ATOP THE
REMNANT OUTFLOW MAY RESULT IN DEEPENING CONVECTION GIVEN THE
PRESENCE OF MODERATE TO STRONG BUOYANCY NOTED IN 00Z SGF/OUN RAOBS.
WITH STRONGER SPEED SHEAR CONFINED TO THE MID/UPPER-LEVELS OF THE
HILLSBORO KS WIND PROFILER...PRIMARY INITIAL RISK SHOULD BE ISOLATED
LARGE HAIL.
..GRAMS.. 06/04/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...
LAT...LON 36929708 37359701 37979634 38169543 38069433 37599332
37119314 36199348 35879452 35899568 36169629 36929708SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lawrence and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 8:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner, Greene and 6 more | 56 min |
| Jun 3, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 4, 1:51 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Madison, Washington | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 3:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crittenden | 91 min |
| Jun 4, 3:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner, Franklin, Johnson and 6 more | 96 min |
| Jun 4, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway and 19 more | 113 min |
| Jun 4, 5:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 13 more | 114 min |
| Jun 3, 9:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk | 59 min |
| Jun 4, 3:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Morton and 6 more | 91 min |
| Jun 4, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 15 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 4, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Madison and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Jefferson, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more | 93 min |
| Jun 3, 8:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 3 more | 57 min |
| Jun 3, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 14 more | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012
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.