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November 16, 2013Decatur County, Ringgold County, Wayne County, Iowa; 9 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 16, 2013, 3:05 PM CST for Decatur County, Ringgold County, Wayne County, Iowa; 9 counties in Kansas; 19 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 16, 2013, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 16, 2013, 5:30 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 31 counties

Decatur County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2013-11-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 12:00Z on 2013-11-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 453 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-437 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
453 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
457 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Nov 16, 5:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Shawnee and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.