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Mesoscale Discussion 1402

July 22, 201712 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 22, 2017, 9:22 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2017, 9:22 PM CDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2017, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:24 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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 2017-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3578 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2017-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
3578 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
11.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton and 29 more87 min
Jul 23, 12:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 16 more5 hr
Jul 23, 3:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Gasconade, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles and 3 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.