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Mesoscale Discussion 991

June 12, 20154 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2015, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2015, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 28 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1078 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 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
1078 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
148 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
Jun 11, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 10 more95 min
Jun 11, 7:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more96 min
Jun 11, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 12 more87 min
Jun 11, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Haskell and 6 more65 min
Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Knox, Lewis, Scotland92 min
Jun 11, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Pike and 3 more5 hr
Jun 11, 10:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark, Clay and 18 more90 min
Jun 12, 3:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more2 hr
Jun 12, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 25 more6 hr
Jun 12, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 22 more97 min

Nearby

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