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Mesoscale Discussion 735

May 16, 20174 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2017, 3:58 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2017, 3:58 PM CDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 82 counties

Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Emmet County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Kossuth County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Page County, IA, Palo Alto County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Cloud County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Adams County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 132 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 356 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-358 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 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
May 15, 7:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro Gordo and 26 more56 min
May 15, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Mitchell, Osceola and 3 more115 min
May 15, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllamakee, Howard, Mitchell, Winneshiek5 hr
May 15, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola and 3 more3 hr
May 16, 2:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Hancock and 12 more92 min
May 16, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 23 more7 hr
May 16, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Ford and 16 more27 min
May 16, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 20 more8 hr
May 16, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace88 min
May 15, 7:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more56 min
May 15, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison and 9 more3 hr
May 15, 10:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more67 min
May 16, 2:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Scotts Bluff, Sioux119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.