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Mesoscale Discussion 470
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bates | 28 min |
| Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | McDonald | 114 min |
| Apr 27, 1:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clay and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Andrew, Atchison, Audrain, Boone, Buchanan and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden and 64 more | 116 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.