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Mesoscale Discussion 1276

July 14, 201626 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2016, 2:14 PM CDT for 26 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2016, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Adair County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 2016-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 36 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 2016-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -84 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
36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-347 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1320 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
14.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Little River, Polk, Sevier95 min
Jul 14, 11:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington114 min
Jul 14, 11:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more5 hr
Jul 14, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia and 32 more6 hr
Jul 14, 5:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 20 more2 hr
Jul 14, 5:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Cimarron, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 8 more115 min
Jul 14, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer and 7 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.