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Mesoscale Discussion 482

April 16, 201315 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 16, 2013, 1:08 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2013, 1:08 AM CDT (06:08 UTC)
Expired
Apr 16, 2013, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Webster County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 00:00Z on 2013-04-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1174 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2013-04-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 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
1174 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1025 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
640 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Apr 15, 8:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Neosho61 min
Apr 15, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more6 hr
Apr 16, 2:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi96 min
Apr 15, 7:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 25 more41 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.