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Mesoscale Discussion 905

May 31, 20138 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2013, 1:49 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Missouri; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2013, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 47 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 2013-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 805 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 12:00Z on 2013-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 368 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
805 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
368 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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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
May 30, 9:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Butler, Chase, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Harvey and 10 more58 min
May 31, 2:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Dickinson, Douglas, Geary, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more85 min
May 31, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 24 more5 hr
May 31, 4:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Douglas, Franklin, Geary, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more114 min
May 31, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 3 more8 hr
May 30, 7:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPerry, City of Saint Louis56 min
May 30, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison2 hr
May 30, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr
May 31, 1:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Carter, Oregon, Ripley93 min
May 31, 7:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Cooper, Howard, Johnson, Pettis57 min
May 31, 8:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dent, Franklin and 18 more90 min
May 31, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 1 more54 min
May 31, 5:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln and 9 more4 hr
May 30, 8:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Sequoyah66 min
May 30, 9:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Johnston, McIntosh and 6 more57 min
May 30, 11:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, LeFlore, Sequoyah2 hr
May 31, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 29 more95 min
May 31, 3:27 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 36 more9 hr
May 31, 4:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 29 more92 min
May 31, 6:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Oklahoma and 3 more27 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.