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Mesoscale Discussion 1513

July 12, 20234 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 12, 2023, 11:02 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2023, 11:02 PM CDT (04:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 479
All 77 counties

Benton County, AR, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner 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, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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 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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 155 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 2023-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1048 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 2023-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
1048 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2115 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 9 more5 hr
Jul 13, 2:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Craighead, Fulton, Greene, Lawrence, Randolph and 1 more85 min
Jul 13, 4:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard and 9 more89 min
Jul 12, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee and 24 more94 min
Jul 12, 8:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more8 hr
Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace2 hr
Jul 13, 1:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and 1 more10 hr
Jul 13, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHamilton, Morton, Stanton6 hr
Jul 13, 5:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHamilton, Stanton83 min
Jul 12, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Iron and 10 more84 min
Jul 13, 2:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas115 min
Jul 13, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas10 hr
Jul 13, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Cotton, Tillman97 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.