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Mesoscale Discussion 274

March 9, 20177 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2017, 10:02 AM CST for 7 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 9, 2017, 10:02 AM CST (16:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 9, 2017, 11:30 AM CST
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 22 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Linn County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 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 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 12:00Z on 2017-03-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2017-03-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 9, 11:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn10 hr
Mar 9, 1:04 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more86 min
Mar 9, 4:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more90 min
Mar 9, 5:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Mississippi, New Madrid and 4 more5 hr
Mar 9, 5:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Jasper and 10 more84 min

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.