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Mesoscale Discussion 1101

June 21, 2015Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; 8 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2015, 9:42 AM CDT for Calhoun County, Jersey County, Illinois; 8 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2015, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2015, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 48 counties

Calhoun County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Saline County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 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 12:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1785 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 12:00Z on 2015-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 153 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1785 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-241 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 20, 10:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 11 more63 min
Jun 20, 10:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 7 more4 hr
Jun 20, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and 6 more58 min
Jun 21, 2:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Greene, Jersey2 hr
Jun 21, 12:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Pike5 hr
Jun 21, 3:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClinton, Franklin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more2 hr
Jun 21, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFranklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jefferson and 7 more5 hr
Jun 21, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan87 min
Jun 21, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Daviess, Gentry, Grundy, Harrison and 6 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.