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Mesoscale Discussion 64

February 4, 20146 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 4, 2014, 9:59 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2014, 9:59 AM CST (15:59 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2014, 2:30 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Greene County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Wabash County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Gibson County, IN, Pike County, IN, Posey County, IN, Spencer County, IN, Vanderburgh County, IN, Warrick County, IN, Ballard County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Union County, KY, Webster County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Dyer County, TN, Lake County, TN, Obion County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:00 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 243 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 2014-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 373 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
662 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
373 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
622 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
Feb 4, 5:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 24 more5 hr
Feb 4, 11:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 33 more6 hr
Feb 4, 3:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Crawford, Edgar, Lawrence6 hr
Feb 4, 3:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 10 more4 hr
Feb 4, 6:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 51 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.