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Mesoscale Discussion 8
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 5, 2025, 7:56 AM CST for 6 states. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jan 5, 2025, 7:56 AM CST (13:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Jan 5, 2025, 12:00 PM CST
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Winter mixed precipitation
All 121 counties
Alexander County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Hardin County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saline County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Posey County, IN, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Allen County, KY, Ballard County, KY, Barren County, KY, Butler County, KY, Caldwell County, KY, Calloway County, KY, Carlisle County, KY, Christian County, KY, Crittenden County, KY, Daviess County, KY, Edmonson County, KY, Fulton County, KY, Graves County, KY, Grayson County, KY, Henderson County, KY, Hickman County, KY, Hopkins County, KY, Livingston County, KY, Logan County, KY, Lyon County, KY, Marshall County, KY, McCracken County, KY, McLean County, KY, Muhlenberg County, KY, Ohio County, KY, Simpson County, KY, Todd County, KY, Trigg County, KY, Union County, KY, Warren County, KY, Webster County, KY, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Montgomery County, TN, Robertson County, TN, Stewart County, TN
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:59 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 nearest sounding before it
Little Rock, AR (KLZK), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 756 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 850 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2:40 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 13 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 7:27 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Effingham and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Jan 5, 10:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Orange and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 5:12 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Crawford, Dubois, Floyd, Harrison, Orange and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Franklin and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 5, 1:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 4:39 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 5, 6:51 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 24 more | 4 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.