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Mesoscale Discussion 899

June 5, 201523 counties in Arkansas; 28 counties in Missouri; Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas; 28 counties in Missouri; Lauderdale County, Tipton County, Tennessee. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2015, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 53 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Barry County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Lauderdale County, TN, Tipton County, TN

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2015-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1372 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 2015-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
1372 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
922 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.3

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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
Jun 5, 6:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 23 more5 hr
Jun 5, 1:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Vernon113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 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.