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Mesoscale Discussion 199

March 5, 202230 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 5, 2022, 7:25 PM CST for 30 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 5, 2022, 7:25 PM CST (01:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 5, 2022, 9:00 PM CST
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%
All 30 counties

Audrain County, MO, Barton County, MO, Benton County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Cole County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Maries County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Osage County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Warren County, MO

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 162 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 2022-03-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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 2022-03-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 394 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
80 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
394 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
339 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 5, 6:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls and 2 more4 hr
Mar 5, 6:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Carroll, Chariton, Clark and 15 more87 min
Mar 5, 7:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Lewis, Marion, Monroe, Ralls, Scotland and 1 more114 min
Mar 6, 1:06 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Stoddard2 hr
Mar 6, 2:18 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCButler, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin, Howell, New Madrid and 8 more6 hr
Mar 6, 5:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Howell, Mississippi and 8 more88 min

Nearby

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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.