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Mesoscale Discussion 1906

September 6, 20125 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 6, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 2012, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Barry County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Howell County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Montgomery County, TN, Obion County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2411 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2012-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1359 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
Sep 6, 10:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton and 3 more83 min
Sep 6, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Randolph83 min
Sep 6, 12:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clinton, Hardin, Jackson, Johnson, Massac and 9 more9 hr
Sep 6, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Monroe, Randolph, Saint Clair57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.