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Mesoscale Discussion 212
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 27, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT for Adams County, Hancock County, Pike County, Illinois; 43 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 27, 2014, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2014, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 46 counties
Adams County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Pike County, IL, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clark County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Knox County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The St Louis radar (KLSX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 786 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 688 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 699 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:47 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 18 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Barry, Barton, Bates and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Caldwell and 39 more | 85 min |
| Mar 27, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Audrain, Barry, Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 43 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.