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Mesoscale Discussion 1925

August 16, 2024Benton County, Arkansas; McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 27 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 16, 2024, 7:38 PM CDT for Benton County, Arkansas; McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 27 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 16, 2024, 7:38 PM CDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 16, 2024, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 628
All 30 counties

Benton County, AR, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 288 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 2024-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1380 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2024-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1380 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1791 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.6

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 8:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Conway, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Marion and 6 more60 min
Aug 16, 9:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Conway, Crawford, Franklin, Garland, Johnson and 12 more7 hr
Aug 16, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Washington84 min
Aug 16, 11:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConway, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Newton and 6 more97 min
Aug 17, 1:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne and 38 more113 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.