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Mesoscale Discussion 268

March 6, 201737 counties in Illinois; Ballard County, Kentucky; 44 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 6, 2017, 11:13 PM CST for 37 counties in Illinois; Ballard County, Kentucky; 44 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 6, 2017, 11:13 PM CST (05:13 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2017, 1:15 AM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Clay County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Cumberland County, IL, Edwards County, IL, Effingham County, IL, Fayette County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Gallatin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Hamilton County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jasper County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Johnson County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Marion County, IL, Massac County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pope County, IL, Pulaski County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Richland County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Saline County, IL, Shelby County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Wayne County, IL, White County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Ballard County, KY, Bollinger County, MO, Butler County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Mississippi County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, New Madrid County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The St Louis radar (KLSX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 283 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, 7:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBureau, Carroll, Henderson, Henry, Jo Daviess, Knox and 12 more63 min
Mar 6, 8:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander3 hr
Mar 6, 8:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Christian and 24 more2 hr
Mar 6, 8:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Bond, Brown, Bureau, Calhoun, Carroll and 38 more6 hr
Mar 6, 10:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, DeKalb, DeWitt, Ford, Grundy, Kane and 11 more60 min
Mar 6, 10:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoone, Champaign, Christian, Coles, Cook, DeKalb and 25 more4 hr
Mar 7, 1:53 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChampaign, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Iroquois and 3 more97 min
Mar 7, 2:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 8 more92 min
Mar 6, 6:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cedar and 22 more58 min
Mar 6, 6:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Caldwell and 32 more119 min
Mar 6, 6:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 28 more8 hr
Mar 6, 7:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Cass, Chariton, Clay and 15 more116 min
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 7, 3:37 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCPemiscot8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kentucky, 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.