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Mesoscale Discussion 575

May 9, 20165 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2016, 7:33 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2016, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2016, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Washington County, NE, Craig County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 10 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 59 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1656 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1656 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 10:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Calhoun, Carroll, Cass and 15 more54 min
May 10, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 12 more117 min
May 10, 6:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGraham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks and 1 more91 min
May 10, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJewell, Phillips, Republic, Smith6 hr
May 9, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot8 hr
May 9, 8:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Madison and 8 more6 hr
May 9, 9:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Perry, Scott and 1 more93 min
May 9, 10:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas and 10 more83 min
May 10, 7:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCIron, Jefferson, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois104 min
May 10, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape Girardeau, Mississippi, New Madrid, Scott, Stoddard9 hr
May 10, 3:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi67 min
May 10, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Boyd, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 17 more93 min
May 9, 8:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain89 min
May 10, 6:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Love96 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.