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Mesoscale Discussion 971

June 12, 20144 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Illinois; 23 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2014, 11:47 AM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Illinois; 23 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2014, 11:47 AM CDT (16:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 31 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Union County, IL, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Madison County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO

The radar

The Paducah radar (KPAH), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 2014-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 461 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 2014-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
461 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 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.

700 
ACUS11 KWNS 121647
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 121647 
ILZ000-KYZ000-MOZ000-ARZ000-121815-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0971
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1147 AM CDT THU JUN 12 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...S-CNTRL/SERN MO...FAR N-CNTRL/NERN AR...FAR SWRN IL

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 

VALID 121647Z - 121815Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT

SUMMARY...A RISK FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL MAY
EXIST ACROSS NRN AR/SRN MO AND INTO SRN IL THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THREAT WILL LIKELY BE INSUFFICIENT FOR A WW.

DISCUSSION...A BAND OF TSTMS EXTENDING FROM DOUGLAS COUNTY MO SWD
INTO BAXTER COUNTY AR /AS OF 1640Z/ HAS SLOWLY INTENSIFIED OVER THE
PAST 1-2 HRS...AND IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN ASSOCIATION WITH A MCV
OVER SWRN MO. WIDESPREAD CLOUD COVER AND INTERMITTENT PRECIPITATION
WAS NOTED ACROSS CNTRL/NRN PORTIONS OF MO...WITH AN EFFECTIVE COLD
FRONT/OUTFLOW COMPOSITE BOUNDARY POSITIONED ACROSS SERN INTO CNTRL
MO. STRONGER HEATING WAS OCCURRING ACROSS SRN/ERN PORTIONS OF MO AND
NRN AR WITH TEMPERATURES REACHING THE MID-70S F AS OF 16Z. THIS
CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DESTABILIZE THROUGH THE
AFTERNOON...WITH MLCAPE VALUES OF 500-1000 J/KG PROBABLE...AND
SHOULD SUPPORT STORM SUSTENANCE INTO SERN MO AND FAR SRN IL. AMBIENT
LOW-LEVEL FLOW IS WEAK ACROSS THE REGION...BUT ISOLATED INSTANCES OF
STRONG WIND GUSTS COULD ACCOMPANY THE TSTM LINE WITH EWD
PROGRESSION. THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST
UPDRAFTS...BUT GIVEN CONVECTIVE MODE CONSIDERATIONS AND MODEST
MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES...THIS THREAT MAY BE SOMEWHAT LIMITED AS WELL.
GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED LIMITING FACTORS...THE SVR RISK APPEARS TO
BE INSUFFICIENT FOR A WW.

..ROGERS/GUYER.. 06/12/2014

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...PAH...MEG...LSX...LZK...SGF...

LAT...LON   36199133 36169210 36309244 36819252 37119252 37679160
            38149057 38238961 37868912 37518898 36388962 36199034
            36199133

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 17 more83 min

Nearby

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