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Mesoscale Discussion 79

February 6, 201950 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 6, 2019, 7:51 PM CST for 50 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 6, 2019, 7:51 PM CST (01:51 UTC)
Expired
Feb 7, 2019, 1:45 AM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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 2019-02-07Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2019-02-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 399 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
399 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
372 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 6, 9:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 5 more114 min
Feb 6, 9:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Atchison, Boone, Carroll, Chariton and 26 more6 hr
Feb 6, 11:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Lawrence and 5 more87 min
Feb 7, 12:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Reynolds, Shannon and 1 more55 min
Feb 7, 2:21 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHowell, Oregon, Ozark, Shannon6 hr
Feb 7, 5:23 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Carter, Oregon, Ripley, Stoddard and 1 more67 min
Feb 7, 7:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid and 5 more64 min
Feb 7, 9:26 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot94 min
Feb 6, 10:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 15 more119 min
Feb 7, 1:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore65 min
Feb 7, 3:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, McCurtain and 2 more54 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.