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Mesoscale Discussion 564

May 6, 20198 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2019, 10:18 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 6, 2019, 10:18 PM CDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
May 6, 2019, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2019-05-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 2019-05-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1301 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 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 6, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 27 more94 min
May 6, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Pawnee, Stafford34 min
May 6, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 9 more55 min
May 6, 9:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford6 hr
May 6, 10:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk and 10 more62 min
May 6, 11:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth and 12 more4 hr
May 7, 11:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Meade, Seward, Stevens116 min
May 7, 2:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 17 more2 hr
May 7, 3:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 17 more6 hr
May 7, 6:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 8 more89 min
May 6, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Dallas, Greene, Laclede, Lawrence and 5 more55 min
May 7, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Texas9 hr
May 7, 3:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver94 min
May 7, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCimarron5 hr
May 7, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Kiowa and 3 more66 min
May 7, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Texas54 min
May 7, 5:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 11 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.