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Mesoscale Discussion 1309

July 7, 201416 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2014, 9:53 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 31 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 7, 2014, 9:53 PM CDT (02:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2014, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 47 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2274 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 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2274 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
5.0

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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
Jul 7, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJohnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte6 hr
Jul 7, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Douglas and 15 more83 min
Jul 7, 8:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Harvey, Hodgeman and 11 more66 min
Jul 7, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Crawford5 hr
Jul 7, 8:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 23 more6 hr
Jul 7, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Franklin and 16 more87 min
Jul 8, 12:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln and 10 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.