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Mesoscale Discussion 254

March 23, 201612 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 23, 2016, 6:17 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2016, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 37 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 117 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 2016-03-23Temperature 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2016-03-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 740 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
927 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
740 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
733 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
Mar 23, 1:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan2 hr
Mar 23, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDoniphan7 hr
Mar 23, 3:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Coal, Hughes, Johnston, McIntosh and 7 more2 hr
Mar 23, 5:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 20 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.