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Mesoscale Discussion 378

April 8, 201113 counties in Kansas; 50 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 8, 2011, 11:26 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; 50 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 8, 2011, 11:26 PM CDT (04:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 9, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties

Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-04-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1028 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2011-04-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 354 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
1028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-353 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
980 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.2

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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
Apr 8, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 30 more88 min
Apr 8, 9:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler, Chautauqua and 35 more7 hr
Apr 8, 11:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 9 more59 min
Apr 9, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee53 min
Apr 9, 4:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLincoln, Saint Charles, Saint Louis, City of Saint Louis93 min
Apr 9, 7:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMississippi, New Madrid6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.