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Mesoscale Discussion 1779

September 8, 20157 counties in Arkansas; Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 8, 2015, 1:48 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; Barry County, McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 8, 2015, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2015, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 24 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2015-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 763 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
763 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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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
Sep 7, 8:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison67 min
Sep 8, 9:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLewis, Marion113 min
Sep 8, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 22 more3 hr

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.