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Mesoscale Discussion 258

March 6, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2017, 6:02 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2017, 6:02 PM CST (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2017, 7:00 PM CST
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 74 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Grant County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 2017-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 629 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 2017-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
629 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
542 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.7
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more8 hr
Mar 6, 8:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway and 27 more3 hr
Mar 6, 9:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 3 more119 min
Mar 6, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBaxter, Boone, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 31 more8 hr
Mar 7, 2:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 47 more92 min
Mar 7, 3:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 25 more8 hr
Mar 7, 8:03 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Chicot, Desha, Drew, Union117 min
Mar 6, 6:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 9 more119 min
Mar 6, 7:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte116 min
Mar 6, 8:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Crawford and 19 more2 hr
Mar 6, 8:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Crawford and 25 more6 hr
Mar 6, 11:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Crawford and 38 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.