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Mesoscale Discussion 321
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 1, 2026, 3:52 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 1, 2026, 3:52 PM CDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 1, 2026, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch possible
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 34 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 137 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 305 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 344 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 3:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Harper, Kingman, Sumner | 96 min |
| Apr 1, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Harper, Labette and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 7 hr |
| Apr 1, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2026Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2026Every mesoscale discussion in 2026
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.