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Mesoscale Discussion 246
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2014, 11:33 PM CDT for 41 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2014, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2014, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 64 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 91 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
- 1947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 86 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 208 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 530 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 3 more | 116 min |
| Apr 2, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 13 more | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 9:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Maries and 10 more | 88 min |
| Apr 2, 3:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.