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Mesoscale Discussion 295

March 30, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2016, 8:37 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2016, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2016, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Benton County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-31Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2016-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
350 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 30, 7:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton4 hr
Mar 30, 8:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Lincoln and 1 more96 min
Mar 30, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Union6 hr
Mar 30, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot, Desha60 min
Mar 31, 10:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Cleveland, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas and 14 more3 hr
Mar 31, 10:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Greene, Jackson and 9 more5 hr
Mar 31, 1:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChicot2 hr
Mar 31, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 7 more8 hr
Mar 31, 2:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrittenden, Cross91 min
Mar 31, 2:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCLee, Phillips7 hr
Mar 30, 10:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence, Newton, Polk and 1 more57 min
Mar 31, 12:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Louis, City of Saint Louis84 min
Mar 31, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi, Scott96 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.