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Mesoscale Discussion 251
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 2, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT for 28 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2014, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 52 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage 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, Cooper County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 428 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 427 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 529 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
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, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Clay and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chase, Clay and 28 more | 90 min |
| Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 9 more | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 2:49 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas and 8 more | 116 min |
| Apr 3, 12:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more | 87 min |
| Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
| Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 18 more | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 19 more | 55 min |
| Apr 3, 12:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Iron, Madison, Mississippi and 7 more | 62 min |
| Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Iron and 12 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Carroll, Chariton, Cooper, Howard and 10 more | 58 min |
| Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 18 more | 57 min |
| Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dent, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon | 26 min |
| Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Carter and 30 more | 7 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.