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Mesoscale Discussion 1085

June 18, 201726 counties in Arkansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2017, 12:36 PM CDT for 26 counties in Arkansas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2017, 12:36 PM CDT (17:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Arkansas County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Desha County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Grant County, AR, Independence County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Lincoln County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Phillips County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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 nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 12:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2017-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2261 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2017-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 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
2261 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington6 hr
Jun 18, 8:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford, Faulkner and 30 more115 min
Jun 18, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Conway, Craighead and 37 more6 hr
Jun 18, 1:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Monroe, Phillips and 3 more117 min

Nearby

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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.