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Mesoscale Discussion 765

May 15, 202222 counties in Kansas; 42 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2022, 8:30 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas; 42 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 15, 2022, 8:30 AM CDT (13:30 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 2022, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 216
All 67 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Texas 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:31 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 12:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 2022-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 403 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 2022-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
403 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1598 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 8:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Kiowa, Pratt94 min
May 15, 1:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery97 min
May 15, 3:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Jewell, Marshall, Republic, Smith, Washington97 min
May 15, 6:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 25 more94 min
May 15, 6:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Butler, Chase, Clay and 27 more9 hr
May 15, 8:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more7 hr
May 15, 11:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Christian, Douglas, Greene, Howell, Lawrence and 6 more87 min
May 15, 12:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTaney89 min
May 15, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Jefferson, Madison, Mississippi, Perry and 5 more117 min
May 15, 2:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more5 hr
May 15, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot92 min
May 15, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot5 hr
May 15, 2:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Creek, Garfield, Kingfisher, Lincoln and 12 more63 min
May 15, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcCurtain6 hr
May 15, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 23 more7 hr
May 15, 5:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Johnston, Latimer and 10 more89 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.