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Mesoscale Discussion 1221

June 30, 201426 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 30, 2014, 5:12 PM CDT for 26 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2014, 5:12 PM CDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 26 counties

Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2014-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2105 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2014-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 254 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2105 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-355 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1205 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 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.

074 
ACUS11 KWNS 302212
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 302212 
ILZ000-IAZ000-MOZ000-KSZ000-NEZ000-302315-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1221
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0512 PM CDT MON JUN 30 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...NRN MO

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 302212Z - 302315Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 PERCENT

SUMMARY...THUNDERSTORMS MAY INCREASE IN COVERAGE ALONG STALLING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY...AND THEN SPREAD EWD/ESEWD ACROSS NRN MO.  A WATCH
MAY BECOME NECESSARY BEFORE 23Z.

DISCUSSION...NEW THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING NEAR THE NW
MO/SW IA BORDER...JUST E OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
TRAILING FROM THE SW WI/NW IL MCS AND THE SYNOPTIC COLD FRONT. 
STRONG BUOYANCY REMAINS ALONG AND S OF THE E-W ORIENTED OUTFLOW
BOUNDARY...AND THIS CORRIDOR IS ALONG THE SRN FRINGE OF THE STRONGER
MIDLEVEL WLYS.  THE COMBINATION OF PEAK AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES TO
WEAKEN CONVECTIVE INHIBITION...AND A GLANCING INFLUENCE OF THE
SHORTWAVE TROUGH/SPEED MAX MOVING ESEWD OVER THE MID MO
VALLEY...WILL SUPPORT THE RISK FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON.  LOW-LEVEL SHEAR IS NOT EXPECTED TO
INCREASE...BUT DEEP-LAYER SHEAR WILL REMAIN SUFFICIENT FOR
SUPERCELLS ACROSS NRN MO...AND THE MOIST BOUNDARY LAYER WITH MLCAPE
AOA 4000 J/KG WILL BE AT LEAST MARGINALLY FAVORABLE FOR SOME TORNADO
RISK.  OTHERWISE...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE
WITH THE STRONGER STORMS...AND A NEW WATCH MAY BECOME NECESSARY
ACROSS NRN MO.

..THOMPSON/DIAL.. 06/30/2014

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...LSX...DVN...DMX...EAX...OAX...

LAT...LON   39569383 39629498 40049535 40529520 40699493 40719398
            40749287 40579177 40429137 40169124 39759144 39689178
            39629260 39569383

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 9:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton and 19 more88 min
Jun 29, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNodaway, Worth65 min
Jun 29, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clay, Clinton and 11 more54 min
Jun 30, 12:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, DeKalb, Holt and 2 more54 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Scotland5 hr
Jun 30, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Scotland35 min
Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Clay, Clinton, Daviess and 7 more113 min
Jun 30, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan and 34 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.