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Mesoscale Discussion 260

March 6, 201715 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2017, 6:31 PM CST for 15 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2017, 6:31 PM CST (00:31 UTC)
Expired
Mar 6, 2017, 8:30 PM CST
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton 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, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:34 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 100 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 2017-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 707 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 2017-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 333 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
707 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
333 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
349 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.4

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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, 6:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 9 more58 min
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more8 hr
Mar 6, 7:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte116 min
Mar 6, 8:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 10 more3 hr
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, 9:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, McDonald119 min
Mar 6, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Perry and 3 more8 hr
Mar 6, 11:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Crawford and 38 more2 hr
Mar 7, 2:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and 2 more92 min
Mar 7, 3:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPemiscot8 hr

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.