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Mesoscale Discussion 1197
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2016, 8:01 PM CDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2016, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 39 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 91 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3276 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 11:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 119 min |
| Jul 8, 3:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hamilton | 93 min |
| Jul 8, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman | 59 min |
| Jul 8, 1:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Howell, Oregon, Ozark, Ripley | 90 min |
| Jul 8, 1:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Douglas and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Jul 8, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, Mississippi and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Oregon and 5 more | 63 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.