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Mesoscale Discussion 578

May 12, 201413 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 12, 2014, 2:38 AM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2014, 2:38 AM CDT (07:38 UTC)
Expired: May 12, 2014, 4:45 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

All 27 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:39 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.

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 148May 12, 3:15 AM CDT

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 11, 8:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 25 more	90 min
May 11, 9:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cowley and 26 more	6 hr
May 11, 11:41 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Barber, Chase, Dickinson, Geary, Harper, Harvey and 7 more	64 min
May 12, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte	3 hr
May 12, 11:52 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Cherokee, Labette	83 min
May 12, 11:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Daviess and 18 more	2 hr
May 12, 1:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon and 6 more	7 hr
May 12, 2:12 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Audrain, Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone and 37 more	2 hr
May 12, 3:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon and 6 more	54 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014 Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.