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Mesoscale Discussion 447

April 11, 202229 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 11, 2022, 2:34 PM CDT for 29 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 11, 2022, 2:34 PM CDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 11, 2022, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 43 counties

Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, White County, AR, Yell County, AR, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 300 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, Shreveport, LA at 12:00Z on 2022-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 336 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
300 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-307 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
675 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
336 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
470 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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, 12:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Madison and 2 more2 hr
Apr 11, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Mississippi, Poinsett, St. Francis96 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, 8:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Craig, Creek, Garfield, Kay, Kingfisher and 10 more2 hr
Apr 10, 11:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 8 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
Apr 10, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bexar, Karnes, Live Oak, McMullen, Medina and 1 more60 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.