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Mesoscale Discussion 355

April 2, 20255 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2025, 12:51 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 2, 2025, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 2025, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...tornado watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 41 counties

Clay County, AR, Craighead County, AR, Crittenden County, AR, Cross County, AR, Greene County, AR, Jackson County, AR, Lee County, AR, Mississippi County, AR, Monroe County, AR, Poinsett County, AR, St. Francis County, AR, Woodruff County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, Dunklin County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Pemiscot County, MO, Scott County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Crockett County, TN, Dyer County, TN, Gibson County, TN, Lake County, TN, Lauderdale County, TN, Obion County, TN, Shelby County, TN, Tipton County, TN, Weakley County, TN

The radar

The Memphis radar (KNQA), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2025-04-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 847 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, Little Rock, AR at 12:00Z on 2025-04-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 421 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
847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
800 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
421 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
660 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 4:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Washington2 hr
Apr 2, 5:20 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more7 hr
Apr 2, 6:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton2 hr
Apr 2, 8:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clark, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner and 20 more9 hr
Apr 2, 10:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller117 min
Apr 2, 11:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway, Crawford and 17 more96 min
Apr 2, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Conway, Franklin, Fulton, Garland and 13 more94 min
Apr 2, 2:52 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clay, Cleveland, Craighead and 25 more9 hr
Apr 2, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColumbia, Lafayette, Little River, Miller117 min
Apr 2, 3:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Mississippi2 hr
Apr 2, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller and 3 more7 hr
Apr 2, 5:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Clay and 30 more115 min
Apr 2, 6:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Clay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene and 8 more93 min
Apr 2, 9:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton and 20 more117 min
Apr 2, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 34 more2 hr
Apr 2, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCChampaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Coles, Crawford and 23 more7 hr
Apr 2, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBond, Clinton, Fayette, Macoupin, Madison, Marion and 5 more3 hr
Apr 2, 5:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Iroquois, Vermilion95 min
Apr 2, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Allen, Anderson, Barren, Boyle, Breckinridge and 46 more2 hr
Apr 2, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barren, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler and 25 more6 hr
Apr 1, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 8 more10 hr
Apr 1, 8:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison64 min
Apr 1, 11:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Holt117 min
Apr 2, 1:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass and 21 more2 hr
Apr 2, 2:28 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 25 more8 hr
Apr 2, 7:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 19 more118 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.