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Mesoscale Discussion 419

April 9, 20135 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 9, 2013, 9:01 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 9, 2013, 9:01 PM CDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 82 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Cooke County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Lamar County, TX

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:01 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-04-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2013-04-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 378 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
378 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
508 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.1

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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
Apr 10, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 50 more117 min
Apr 10, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot and 56 more10 hr
Apr 10, 3:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 47 more119 min
Apr 10, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Union7 hr
Apr 10, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Baxter, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleburne and 33 more96 min
Apr 9, 7:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 13 more2 hr
Apr 9, 8:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 10 more64 min
Apr 9, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Cowley and 16 more54 min
Apr 9, 11:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay and 32 more63 min
Apr 10, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Greenwood and 13 more4 hr
Apr 10, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 24 more7 hr
Apr 10, 6:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLincoln, Marion, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Warren7 hr
Apr 9, 7:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Eastland, Jack, Palo Pinto, Shackelford, Stephens and 3 more62 min
Apr 10, 4:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNewton119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.