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Mesoscale Discussion 2070
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 25, 2005, 12:59 AM CDT for 28 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 2005, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2005, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:03 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 104 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
- 270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 920 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 24, 10:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn | 67 min |
| Aug 24, 11:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 18 more | 58 min |
| Aug 25, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Sherman | 7 hr |
| Aug 25, 3:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Gray and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 15 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005
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.