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Mesoscale Discussion 807

June 4, 202038 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2020, 12:54 AM CDT for 38 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2020, 12:54 AM CDT (05:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2020, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 247
All 60 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey 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, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:58 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2970 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2020-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1684 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 12 more2 hr
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 22 more6 hr
Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 25 more2 hr
Jun 4, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 4 more5 hr
Jun 4, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Neosho and 2 more88 min
Jun 4, 5:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Thomas2 hr
Jun 4, 5:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Stone, Taney61 min
Jun 4, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMississippi, Scott2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.