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Mesoscale Discussion 2422

November 15, 200521 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 15, 2005, 2:57 AM CST for 21 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 15, 2005, 2:57 AM CST (08:57 UTC)
Expired
Nov 15, 2005, 4:00 AM CST
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2005-11-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
247 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 14, 11:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 12 more97 min
Nov 15, 7:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Marshall, Nemaha4 hr
Nov 14, 8:56 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Douglas, Dunklin and 15 more3 hr
Nov 14, 9:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Christian, Douglas, Howell, McDonald, Newton and 5 more8 hr
Nov 14, 10:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Mississippi and 7 more7 hr
Nov 15, 2:22 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 24 more113 min
Nov 15, 6:04 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 27 more116 min
Nov 15, 7:02 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBarry, Christian, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Howell and 11 more8 hr
Nov 15, 7:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 10 more9 hr
Nov 15, 8:31 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford, Dallas and 19 more59 min
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Crawford and 37 more2 hr
Nov 15, 10:13 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Saint Charles, Sainte Genevieve and 5 more7 hr
Nov 15, 12:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Iron and 20 more116 min

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.