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Mesoscale Discussion 282

March 9, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2017, 9:30 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2017, 9:30 PM CST (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2017, 11:00 PM CST
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Newton County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Washington County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Dunklin County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Benton County, TN, Carroll County, TN, Chester County, TN, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Haywood County, TN, Henderson County, TN, Henry County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Madison County, TN, Obion County, TN, Stewart County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 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

Little Rock, AR (KBYH), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 244 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 445 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 00:00Z on 2017-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 172 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
172 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 6:42 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 23 more5 hr
Mar 9, 7:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, Dickson and 23 more92 min
Mar 9, 8:38 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Davidson, DeKalb and 24 more4 hr
Mar 9, 10:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Chester, Coffee, Davidson and 32 more63 min
Mar 9, 11:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFranklin, Lincoln, Marion, Moore4 hr
Mar 10, 12:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs and 4 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Tennessee, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.