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Mesoscale Discussion 1271
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2015, 3:47 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2015, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 65 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Searcy County, AR, Van Buren County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 620 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 232 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 346 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 14.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 3:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Camden, Hickory | 65 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.