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Mesoscale Discussion 962
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT for 29 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri; Pawnee County, Richardson County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2024, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2024, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Tornado watch 309...311
All 40 counties
Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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
- 1483 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 332 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
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 25, 7:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth, Geary and 14 more | 2 hr |
| May 25, 8:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Harper and 5 more | 86 min |
| May 25, 8:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips | 113 min |
| May 25, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chautauqua and 22 more | 8 hr |
| May 25, 9:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Doniphan | 4 hr |
| May 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson | 83 min |
| May 26, 1:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette | 2 hr |
| May 26, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 5 hr |
| May 25, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Callaway, Camden, Carter, Cole, Crawford and 26 more | 119 min |
| May 26, 1:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Carter, Christian and 29 more | 117 min |
| May 26, 2:35 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 4:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Carter, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent and 17 more | 93 min |
| May 26, 7:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 115 min |
| May 26, 2:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 21 more | 3 hr |
| May 26, 2:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent and 23 more | 59 min |
| May 26, 4:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole, Crawford and 33 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Howell, Iron and 10 more | 88 min |
| May 26, 6:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott | 87 min |
| May 26, 6:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 8 more | 63 min |
| May 26, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Brown, Cherry, Hooker, Keya Paha, Logan and 4 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2024Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.