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Mesoscale Discussion 285

April 12, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 12, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2015, 5:42 PM CDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 12, 2015, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 71 counties

Plymouth County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Smith County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saline County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Webster County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 144 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-04-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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
Apr 11, 8:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant and 7 more56 min
Apr 12, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt and 2 more57 min
Apr 12, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 13 more7 hr

Nearby

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