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Mesoscale Discussion 87

February 7, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 7, 2019, 5:23 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 7, 2019, 5:23 AM CST (11:23 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 6:30 AM CST
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Baxter County, AR, Clay County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Conway County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Izard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Logan County, AR, Marion County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Newton County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Scott County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Carter County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Delta County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 00:00Z on 2019-02-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 7, 1:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Crawford, Franklin, Izard, Johnson, Logan and 9 more65 min
Feb 7, 2:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 20 more6 hr
Feb 7, 3:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Little River, Montgomery, Pike, Polk, Sevier54 min
Feb 7, 7:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Faulkner and 16 more64 min
Feb 6, 7:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Henry and 8 more6 hr
Feb 6, 9:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper and 6 more114 min
Feb 6, 9:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Boone, Carroll, Chariton and 26 more6 hr
Feb 6, 11:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Lawrence and 5 more87 min
Feb 7, 12:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Reynolds, Shannon and 1 more55 min
Feb 7, 9:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot94 min
Feb 6, 10:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 15 more119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.