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Mesoscale Discussion 1799

September 11, 201518 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 11, 2015, 12:53 AM CDT for 18 counties in Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 11, 2015, 12:53 AM CDT (05:53 UTC)
Expired
Sep 11, 2015, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Barry County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Webster County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:54 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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 00:00Z on 2015-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3190 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 00:00Z on 2015-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
3190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
9.7

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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
Sep 10, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Jackson, Jasper, Vernon5 hr
Sep 10, 8:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion and 8 more113 min
Sep 10, 10:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Bates, Cass, Jasper, Vernon87 min
Sep 10, 7:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Harper, Texas115 min
Sep 11, 2:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCreek, Lincoln, Okfuskee, Okmulgee93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.