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Mesoscale Discussion 1024
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2026, 4:23 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2026, 4:23 AM CDT (09:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2026, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 286
Counties Benton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Barry County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:24 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 691 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 12:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 117 min |
| Jun 8, 12:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Carroll, Madison, Washington | 9 hr |
| Jun 8, 7:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 3 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 1:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Norton, Phillips, Rooks, Smith | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 13 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman, Wallace | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis and 25 more | 88 min |
| Jun 8, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne | 91 min |
| Jun 8, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Mississippi | 2 hr |
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.