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Mesoscale Discussion 218
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 28, 2017, 1:46 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 28, 2017, 1:46 PM CST (19:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 28, 2017, 4:15 PM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 109 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Garland County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Newton County, AR, Perry County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Prairie County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Saline County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Yell County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Dunklin County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Lake County, TN
The radar
The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 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 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 573 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -124 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 708 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 370 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 379 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 28, 2:10 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arkansas, Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clark and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:03 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bureau, DeKalb, DuPage, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 24 more | 2 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:19 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alexander, Bond, Calhoun, Clinton, Edwards, Fayette and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Brown, Bureau, Carroll, Cass and 63 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 28, 5:24 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Boone, Bureau, Carroll, Cook, DeKalb, DuPage and 28 more | 96 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017
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.