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Mesoscale Discussion 232
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 14, 2024, 12:58 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 14, 2024, 12:58 PM CDT (17:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2024, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 119 counties
Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Newton County, AR, Washington County, AR, Alexander County, IL, Bond County, IL, Brown County, IL, Calhoun County, IL, Cass County, IL, Clinton County, IL, Franklin County, IL, Greene County, IL, Jackson County, IL, Jefferson County, IL, Jersey County, IL, Macoupin County, IL, Madison County, IL, Monroe County, IL, Montgomery County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Perry County, IL, Pike County, IL, Randolph County, IL, Saint Clair County, IL, Scott County, IL, Union County, IL, Washington County, IL, Williamson County, IL, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Bollinger County, MO, Boone County, MO, Butler County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cape Girardeau County, MO, Carter County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, City of Saint Louis, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Crawford County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Franklin County, MO, Gasconade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Howell County, MO, Iron County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Jefferson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Lincoln County, MO, Madison County, MO, Maries County, MO, Marion County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Montgomery County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Osage County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Perry County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Pike County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Reynolds County, MO, Ripley County, MO, Saint Charles County, MO, Saint Francois County, MO, Saint Louis County, MO, Sainte Genevieve County, MO, Saline County, MO, Scott County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stoddard County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Warren County, MO, Washington County, MO, Wayne County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:01 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 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 1236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 544 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 547 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 25.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 10:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 13 more | 90 min |
| Mar 14, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleburne, Conway and 29 more | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Columbia, Conway, Dallas and 36 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clay, Craighead, Greene, Mississippi, Poinsett | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baxter, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead and 39 more | 119 min |
| Mar 14, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Little River, Polk, Sevier | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Jersey, Madison, Monroe, Saint Clair | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Pike and 1 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 5 more | 90 min |
| Mar 14, 3:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Ford, Fulton, Grundy and 21 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 4:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 5:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Champaign, Christian, DeWitt, Ford, Livingston, Logan and 11 more | 85 min |
| Mar 14, 7:39 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay, Clinton and 35 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 3:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Champaign, Christian and 44 more | 65 min |
| Mar 14, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bond, Calhoun, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Clinton and 27 more | 96 min |
| Mar 13, 8:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cloud, Ellis, Graham, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 8:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 13, 10:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford and 19 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 14, 10:46 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 25 more | 119 min |
| Mar 14, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 14, 1:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Coal and 18 more | 85 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.