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Mesoscale Discussion 897

June 26, 201826 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2018, 6:49 PM CDT for 26 counties in Arkansas; 4 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2018, 6:49 PM CDT (23:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2018, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Baxter County, AR, Boone County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Cross County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Independence County, AR, Izard County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Howell County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Ripley County, MO

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2018-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 710 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2018-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
710 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
702 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 12:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington64 min
Jun 26, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Madison, Washington6 hr
Jun 26, 2:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Washington89 min
Jun 26, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 22 more6 hr
Jun 25, 8:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Jefferson, Mississippi, Perry and 7 more2 hr
Jun 26, 2:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Benton, Callaway, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 32 more116 min
Jun 26, 7:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 43 more2 hr
Jun 26, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Cass, Cedar, Dade and 10 more59 min
Jun 26, 12:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Carroll, Cass and 31 more7 hr
Jun 26, 1:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 13 more67 min
Jun 26, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Cole, Crawford and 19 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.