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Mesoscale Discussion 555

May 10, 201466 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2014, 7:59 PM CDT for 66 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2014, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2014, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 91 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 53 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
17 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2314 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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
May 10, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay and 29 more6 hr
May 10, 11:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay and 29 more96 min
May 11, 2:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jewell, Marshall and 7 more7 hr
May 11, 12:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Geary and 13 more116 min
May 11, 1:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more119 min
May 11, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips and 4 more8 hr
May 11, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 16 more7 hr
May 11, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 25 more89 min
May 10, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton, Cole and 22 more95 min
May 10, 10:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Callaway, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln and 12 more83 min
May 11, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Nodaway2 hr
May 11, 7:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Holt118 min
May 11, 9:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland89 min
May 11, 10:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Harrison, Knox, Mercer, Putnam and 4 more118 min

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.