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Mesoscale Discussion 1929

November 5, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 5, 2015, 3:17 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 5, 2015, 3:17 PM CST (21:17 UTC)
Expired
Nov 5, 2015, 5:15 PM CST
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 119 counties

Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Polk County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk 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, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Greene County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 14 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:16 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 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 2015-11-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 2015-11-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 241 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-211 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
296 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
Nov 4, 6:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 28 more2 hr
Nov 5, 12:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 21 more95 min
Nov 5, 1:16 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 19 more7 hr
Nov 5, 3:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Ozark, Stone, Taney88 min
Nov 5, 5:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Callaway, Camden, Christian, Cole, Dallas and 17 more59 min
Nov 5, 7:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 4 more115 min
Nov 5, 10:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 13 more87 min
Nov 5, 12:06 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more8 hr
Nov 5, 2:17 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Hughes, Johnston and 5 more88 min
Nov 5, 4:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain5 hr
Nov 5, 5:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 11 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.