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Mesoscale Discussion 341
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2026, 1:26 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2026, 1:26 PM CDT (18:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 3, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 109 counties
Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, DeWitt County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Knox County, IL, Livingston County, IL, Logan County, IL, Marshall County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, McLean County, IL, Menard County, IL, Morgan County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Putnam County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Scott County, IL, Stark County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Woodford County, IL, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Bates County, MO, Boone County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Richardson County, NE
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -402 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 601 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 659 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Brown, Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, Warren | 6 hr |
| Apr 3, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cass, Champaign, DeWitt, Douglas, Ford, Fulton and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cass, Ford, Fulton, Iroquois, Knox, Livingston and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Labette and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 3, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 28 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 115 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.