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Mesoscale Discussion 445

April 11, 20228 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2022, 12:43 PM CDT for 8 counties in Arkansas; 22 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2022, 12:43 PM CDT (17:43 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2022, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 37 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2022-04-11Temperature 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2022-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -156 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 10, 10:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton6 hr
Apr 11, 1:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton92 min
Apr 11, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis96 min
Apr 11, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Conway, Dallas, Faulkner, Franklin, Garland and 23 more116 min
Apr 11, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia and 36 more7 hr
Apr 11, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConway, Faulkner, Logan, Pope113 min
Apr 11, 6:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Garland, Hempstead, Howard, Little River, Montgomery and 6 more89 min
Apr 10, 11:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cedar, Dade, Greene, Jasper, Lawrence and 2 more2 hr
Apr 10, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Craig, Creek, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher and 10 more2 hr
Apr 11, 4:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Johnston, Marshall, Pushmataha89 min
Apr 11, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Johnston, Marshall4 hr

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.