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Mesoscale Discussion 143

March 25, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 25, 2015, 5:33 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2015, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-03-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 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
Mar 24, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Marion and 6 more116 min
Mar 25, 1:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 14 more2 hr
Mar 25, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 22 more8 hr
Mar 25, 6:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay59 min
Mar 25, 10:56 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Coffey, Crawford and 9 more3 hr
Mar 25, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLabette, Montgomery3 hr
Mar 25, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Jefferson, Tillman115 min
Mar 25, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Kiowa, Washita66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.