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Mesoscale Discussion 822

June 4, 20149 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2014, 9:07 PM CDT for 9 counties in Kansas; 13 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2014, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2014, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 22 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Polk County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2784 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
2784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1194 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
10.3

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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
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas96 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more7 hr
Jun 4, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott, Sherman and 2 more85 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita4 hr
Jun 5, 1:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 20 more85 min
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 29 more6 hr
Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee93 min
Jun 5, 3:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 24 more115 min
Jun 5, 4:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Clay and 20 more85 min
Jun 5, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 29 more5 hr
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 40 more86 min
Jun 5, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee6 hr
Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 26 more2 hr
Jun 5, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJohnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte5 hr
Jun 5, 10:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Wyandotte63 min
Jun 4, 7:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Dunklin and 16 more8 hr
Jun 5, 9:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, New Madrid and 7 more63 min
Jun 5, 10:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Laclede and 12 more7 hr
Jun 5, 1:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Laclede and 11 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.