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Mesoscale Discussion 254

April 3, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2014, 2:49 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2014, 2:49 AM CDT (07:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 141 counties

Davis County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Adams County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Bureau County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Christian County, IL, Clinton County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Ford County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Greene County, IL, Grundy County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Henry County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Kendall County, IL, Knox County, IL, LaSalle County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Macon County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Moultrie County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Piatt County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Sangamon County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Will County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Dent County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon 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, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:49 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

Davenport, (KDVN), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 301 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Davenport, at 00:00Z on 2014-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
496 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Apr 3, 1:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island and 2 more55 min
Apr 3, 6:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBond, Clay, Clinton, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin and 12 more96 min
Apr 3, 9:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Massac, Pope83 min
Apr 3, 12:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more62 min
Apr 3, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 10 more4 hr
Apr 3, 3:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Pike58 min
Apr 3, 4:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMonroe, Randolph, Saint Clair7 hr
Apr 2, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Clay and 32 more8 hr
Apr 2, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more54 min
Apr 2, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Crawford, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more7 hr
Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chase, Clay and 28 more90 min
Apr 3, 12:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more87 min
Apr 3, 1:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford8 hr
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 18 more57 min
Apr 3, 9:33 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Camden, Christian, Dallas, Dent, Douglas and 19 more7 hr
Apr 3, 12:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 19 more55 min
Apr 3, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 18 more57 min
Apr 3, 4:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDent, Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon26 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 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.