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Mesoscale Discussion 429

March 29, 200517 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 29, 2005, 9:00 PM CST for 17 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2005, 9:00 PM CST (03:00 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2005, 10:30 PM CST
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Kay County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:01 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 60 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 159 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2005-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 141 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
159 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1647 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
141 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Mar 29, 7:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton88 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.