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Mesoscale Discussion 63

February 4, 201416 counties in Kansas; 57 counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 4, 2014, 6:07 AM CST for 16 counties in Kansas; 57 counties in Missouri; Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2014, 6:07 AM CST (12:07 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2014, 11:00 AM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Macon County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:06 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-02-04Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2014-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
1982 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
344 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
Feb 4, 3:34 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 25 more5 hr
Feb 4, 11:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan and 20 more6 hr
Feb 4, 9:59 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid and 3 more5 hr
Feb 4, 5:45 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Sequoyah5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.