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Mesoscale Discussion 596

April 28, 20264 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2026, 1:08 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2026, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 169
All 74 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Cleburne County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Independence 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, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian 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, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage 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, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 12:00Z on 2026-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2026-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 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 27, 7:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 17 more2 hr
Apr 27, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Fulton, Randolph2 hr
Apr 27, 8:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Cleburne, Conway, Faulkner, Fulton and 28 more6 hr
Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 27, 10:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cleburne, Craighead, Greene, Independence, Jackson and 8 more2 hr
Apr 27, 10:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleburne, Independence, Jackson, Stone59 min
Apr 28, 1:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross, Jackson, Mississippi, Poinsett, Woodruff2 hr
Apr 28, 9:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 20 more117 min
Apr 28, 10:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Fulton and 7 more119 min
Apr 28, 10:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Fulton and 13 more9 hr
Apr 28, 10:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 40 more8 hr
Apr 28, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot65 min
Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Chicot8 hr
Apr 28, 2:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more57 min
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Lee and 4 more7 hr
Apr 28, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 37 more117 min
Apr 28, 4:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton and 8 more87 min
Apr 28, 5:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay94 min
Apr 28, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark and 50 more7 hr
Apr 28, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Clark, Conway, Franklin, Garland and 20 more113 min
Apr 27, 8:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois and 2 more97 min
Apr 28, 1:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole, Crawford and 17 more6 hr
Apr 28, 4:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 10 more3 hr
Apr 28, 5:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 16 more6 hr
Apr 28, 7:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more119 min
Apr 28, 12:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Love, Marshall113 min
Apr 28, 1:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 8 more9 hr
Apr 28, 2:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 5 more94 min

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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.