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Mesoscale Discussion 998

June 20, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 20, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2016, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 101 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Marion County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1650 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 188 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
1650 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 20, 12:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison and 7 more114 min
Jun 20, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAppanoose, Davis, Decatur, Des Moines, Henry, Lee and 2 more83 min
Jun 20, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 17 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.