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Mesoscale Discussion 1377

July 14, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2014, 3:57 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2014, 3:57 PM CDT (20:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Alcorn County, MS, Benton County, MS, DeSoto County, MS, Bedford County, TN, Benton County, TN, Cannon County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Cheatham County, TN, Chester County, TN, Coffee County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Davidson County, TN, Decatur County, TN, DeKalb County, TN, Dickson County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Fayette County, TN, Franklin County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Giles County, TN, Grundy County, TN, Hardeman County, TN, Hardin County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Hickman County, TN, Houston County, TN, Humphreys County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Lawrence County, TN, Lewis County, TN, Lincoln County, TN, Madison County, TN, Marshall County, TN, Maury County, TN, McNairy County, TN, Moore County, TN, Perry County, TN, Rutherford County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Smith County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Trousdale County, TN, Van Buren County, TN, Warren County, TN, Wayne County, TN, Weakley County, TN, Williamson County, TN, Wilson County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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 (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 119 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 2014-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 875 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 2014-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
875 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jul 14, 12:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 4 more2 hr
Jul 14, 1:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 27 more7 hr
Jul 14, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Crittenden, Jefferson, Lee, Lonoke, Mississippi and 4 more97 min
Jul 13, 10:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Howell and 16 more86 min
Jul 14, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Cass and 22 more94 min
Jul 14, 11:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 25 more6 hr
Jul 14, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 10 more2 hr
Jul 14, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Dent, Franklin, Gasconade and 13 more54 min
Jul 14, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Johnson85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Mississippi, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.