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Mesoscale Discussion 836

June 5, 2020Bourbon County, Kansas; 30 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2020, 3:31 AM CDT for Bourbon County, Kansas; 30 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2020, 3:31 AM CDT (08:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2020, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
Chance of a watch
95%
All 31 counties

Bourbon County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar 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, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2020-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2458 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 2020-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 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
2458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1102 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith6 hr
Jun 4, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Gray, Haskell, Meade, Seward, Stevens85 min
Jun 4, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 20 more7 hr
Jun 5, 1:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 13 more91 min
Jun 5, 3:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Barton, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 42 more4 hr
Jun 5, 7:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Lewis, Marion, Ralls91 min
Jun 5, 10:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot2 hr
Jun 5, 11:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr

Nearby

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