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Mesoscale Discussion 252
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 90 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chase 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, Jackson 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, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline 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, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Moniteau 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 Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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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ACUS11 KWNS 030500
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 030500
MOZ000-KSZ000-030630-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0252
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1200 AM CDT THU APR 03 2014
AREAS AFFECTED...ERN/NERN KS AND WRN INTO PARTS OF CENTRAL MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 47...48...
VALID 030500Z - 030630Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
47...48...CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...LOCAL TEMPORAL EXTENSION FOR WW 47 MAY BE NEEDED BY
06Z...GIVEN A FEW OF THE ONGOING STRONGER STORMS IN THIS WATCH MAY
NOT EXIT OR DIMINISH IN INTENSITY BY 06Z. OTHERWISE...STRONG TO
SEVERE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND POSE A THREAT ACROSS WW
48.
DISCUSSION...AT 04Z...SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWED A WARM FRONT EXTENDING
FROM THE NWRN OK BORDER WITH KS THROUGH SERN KS /NORTH OF KCNU/ AND
THEN EWD INTO WEST CENTRAL MO /NEAR THE VERNON/BATES COUNTIES
LINE/...AND TO FAR SRN IL. INCREASING LOW LEVEL WAA ACROSS WW/S 47
AND 48 INTO THE EARLY OVERNIGHT SUGGESTS ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DEVELOP WITHIN A MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT...WITH
ACTIVITY MAINLY LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT...WHILE
THE OVERALL CONVECTIVE COMPLEX SHIFTS EWD INTO MO.
..PETERS.. 04/03/2014
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...LSX...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...
LAT...LON 37629651 37949719 38619770 39279778 39619722 39619563
39529444 39689276 39329251 38779253 38419266 37519227
37299381 37359516 37439624 37629651SPC 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, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more | 54 min |
| Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 7 hr |
| 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
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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.