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Mesoscale Discussion 470

April 27, 201632 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 27, 2016, 12:40 AM CDT for 32 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 27, 2016, 12:40 AM CDT (05:40 UTC)
Expired
Apr 27, 2016, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Barry County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:39 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 2016-04-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 851 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 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
851 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBates28 min
Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 26 more7 hr
Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald114 min
Apr 27, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay and 16 more2 hr
Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan and 35 more7 hr
Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden and 64 more116 min

Nearby

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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.