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Mesoscale Discussion 245

March 28, 20207 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 28, 2020, 7:05 AM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2020, 7:05 AM CDT (12:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2020, 8:30 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 43 counties

Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 73 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 2020-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 857 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 12:00Z on 2020-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 321 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
857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1192 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
85 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
321 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
8.2

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 27, 8:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami87 min
Mar 28, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNemaha56 min
Mar 27, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Perry, Sainte Genevieve88 min
Mar 27, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 11 more6 hr
Mar 27, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 9 more89 min
Mar 28, 1:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole and 35 more88 min
Mar 28, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Clark and 18 more117 min
Mar 28, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
Mar 28, 2:45 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Chariton, Clark and 21 more6 hr
Mar 28, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot94 min
Mar 28, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Franklin and 20 more5 hr
Mar 28, 4:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot61 min
Mar 28, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark84 min
Mar 28, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr
Mar 28, 3:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garfield and 15 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.