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Mesoscale Discussion 235

March 19, 201142 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 26 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2011, 11:32 AM CDT for 42 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 26 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2011, 11:32 AM CDT (16:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2011, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Reno County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-03-19Temperature 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2011-03-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 237 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
315 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 5:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 1 more3 hr
Mar 19, 7:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Meade60 min
Mar 19, 9:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 26 more6 hr
Mar 19, 3:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 36 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.