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Mesoscale Discussion 1101

June 30, 201615 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 30, 2016, 4:55 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Missouri; 17 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 2016, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2016, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 50 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay 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, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2016-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 610 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 2016-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
610 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Sherman and 2 more5 hr
Jun 30, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Stanton, Wallace2 hr
Jun 30, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Caldwell, Carroll, Chariton, Clark and 21 more3 hr
Jun 30, 6:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Carroll, Chariton, Clark and 15 more119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.