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Mesoscale Discussion 84

February 21, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 21, 2018, 5:01 PM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 21, 2018, 5:01 PM CST (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Feb 21, 2018, 10:00 PM CST
In force
5 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Benton County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Barry County, MO, Camden County, MO, Christian County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 10 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 2018-02-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2018-02-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -16 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
414 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
79 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-84 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
Feb 20, 9:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dallas and 17 more6 hr
Feb 21, 7:57 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa and 2 more4 hr
Feb 21, 12:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes, Jefferson, Johnston and 4 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.