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Mesoscale Discussion 1200
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT for 23 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 8, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Ripley County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2840 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 9:23 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Crawford, Madison, Sebastian, Washington | 97 min |
| Jul 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Fulton and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Clay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi, Randolph and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar and 11 more | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 16 more | 119 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.