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Mesoscale Discussion 792
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2023, 11:57 AM CDT for 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 14, 2023, 11:57 AM CDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 14, 2023, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch unlikely
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 29 counties
Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 112 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 946 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 860 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 12:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Carroll, Chariton, Franklin and 17 more | 3 hr |
| May 14, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 18 more | 7 hr |
| May 14, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Perry and 7 more | 88 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.