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Mesoscale Discussion 358
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 10, 2016, 11:23 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 37 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 10, 2016, 11:23 PM CDT (04:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 11, 2016, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 312 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 893 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted.
923
ACUS11 KWNS 110424
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 110423
MOZ000-ARZ000-OKZ000-KSZ000-110500-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0358
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1123 PM CDT SUN APR 10 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...NE OK...SE KS AND SW MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 80...
VALID 110423Z - 110500Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 80
CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...THE SEVERE THREAT OVER NE OK...SE KS AND SW MO IS EXPECTED
TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. WW 80 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT
05Z.
DISCUSSION...LATEST RADAR TRENDS SHOW A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED FROM NE OK ACROSS SE KS INTO SW AND SCNTRL MO. THE
WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ACROSS WW 80 HAS OVERTURNED THE AIRMASS THIS
EVENING RESULTING IN WEAK INSTABILITY. FOR THAT REASON...THE SEVERE
THREAT ACROSS WW 80 IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR AND
WW ISSUANCE WILL NOT BE NEEDED BEYOND THE 05Z EXPIRATION.
..BROYLES.. 04/11/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...ICT...
LAT...LON 37349290 36419464 36279621 36999665 37369654 37839484
38269306 38149218 37729214 37349290SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 10, 8:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 10, 7:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 23 more | 114 min |
| Apr 10, 9:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Jefferson and 10 more | 54 min |
| Apr 11, 12:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Creek, Haskell, Latimer and 10 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 6:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 11, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Jefferson, Love, Marshall | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 9 more | 9 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.