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Mesoscale Discussion 1899
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 6, 2012, 10:52 AM CDT for 9 counties in Arkansas; 46 counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 2012, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK
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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 841 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -167 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 061552
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 061552
MOZ000-ILZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-061715-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1899
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1052 AM CDT THU SEP 06 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...SRN MO...FAR NRN AR
CONCERNING...OUTLOOK UPGRADE
VALID 061552Z - 061715Z
SUMMARY...SMALL TSTM CLUSTER NEAR KS/MO BORDER MAY GROW UPSCALE AS
IT PROGRESSES INTO AN INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AIR MASS. THIS AREA WILL
BE UPGRADED TO SLIGHT RISK WITH THE 1630Z DAY 1 OUTLOOK AND IS BEING
MONITORED FOR A POSSIBLE SEVERE TSTM WATCH ISSUANCE.
DISCUSSION...SMALL TSTM CLUSTER CENTERED OVER BOURBON COUNTY KS MAY
INCREASE IN COVERAGE/INTENSITY AS DOWNSTREAM SURFACE TEMPERATURES
WARMS THROUGH THE 80S INTO THE 90S AMIDST PW VALUES APPROACHING 1.5
INCHES. THIS SHOULD YIELD MODERATELY LARGE BUOYANCY WITH MLCAPE
LIKELY INCREASING TO NEAR 2500 J/KG BY MID-AFTERNOON. PRESENCE OF A
WEAK CYCLONE NEAR THE KS/OK/MO BORDER AND REMNANT QUASI-STATIONARY
FRONTAL ZONE DRAPED ACROSS SRN MO MAY FOSTER CONGLOMERATING UPDRAFTS
AND YIELD UPSCALE GROWTH...PER RECENT HRRR GUIDANCE. WEAK ELY
COMPONENT TO SURFACE FLOW AMIDST MODEST MID-LEVEL W/NWLYS SHOULD BE
SUFFICIENT FOR SEMI-ORGANIZED CLUSTERS WITH A PRIMARY THREAT OF
ISOLATED DAMAGING WINDS.
..GRAMS/CORFIDI.. 09/06/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...EAX...TSA...
LAT...LON 38109411 38379228 38409135 38259042 38119004 37468972
36868977 36508998 36159047 36109155 36159361 36289445
36839486 37649476 38109411SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 3:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Randolph | 83 min |
| Sep 6, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton, Greene and 3 more | 91 min |
| Sep 6, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Benton, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 46 more | 9 hr |
| Sep 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole and 32 more | 57 min |
| Sep 6, 3:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Cimarron, Texas | 3 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.