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Mesoscale Discussion 213
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2014, 7:55 PM CDT for 10 counties in Arkansas; 25 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2014, 7:55 PM CDT (00:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 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 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 543 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 3.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Conway, Crawford, Franklin and 18 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 28, 12:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark, Cleveland and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 28, 3:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Miller | 94 min |
| Mar 28, 5:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chicot, Desha, Phillips | 2 hr |
| Mar 28, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lee, Phillips | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.