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Mesoscale Discussion 968
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2024, 1:03 AM CDT for 18 counties in Arkansas; 35 counties in Missouri; Adair County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 26, 2024, 1:03 AM CDT (06:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 311
All 54 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Greene County, AR, Izard County, AR, Lawrence County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Sharp County, AR, Stone County, AR, Washington County, AR, Barry County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1925 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1164 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 10.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton | 86 min |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Fulton, Greene, Izard, Lawrence, Marion and 2 more | 119 min |
| May 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Fulton, Greene, Izard and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Lawrence and 3 more | 93 min |
| May 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Fulton, Greene, Randolph | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence, Mississippi and 2 more | 59 min |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 5 hr |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Clay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene and 12 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Marion and 1 more | 88 min |
| May 25, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Buchanan, Cass, Clay, Clinton, Holt and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton and 18 more | 4 hr |
| May 26, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 115 min |
| May 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 17 more | 2 hr |
| May 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott | 87 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more | 63 min |
| May 25, 10:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Craig, Nowata, Osage, Rogers, Tulsa, Washington | 65 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024
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.