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Mesoscale Discussion 201

March 7, 20245 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2024, 6:37 PM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2024, 6:37 PM CST (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2024, 8:00 PM CST
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 30

Counties Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Kay County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 201 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 2024-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 2024-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-78 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 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
Mar 7, 6:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 16 more2 hr
Mar 7, 9:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 16 more57 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2024Every mesoscale discussion in 2024

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.