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Mesoscale Discussion 1813

August 13, 20065 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 13, 2006, 8:38 PM CDT for 5 counties in Illinois; 9 counties in Iowa; 29 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 2006, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2006, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Lee County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Washington County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Adair County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Howard County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Pike County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Quad Cities radar (KDVN), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 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, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 335 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 2006-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2006-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -51 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1987 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Aug 14, 2:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson and 14 more2 hr
Aug 14, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlexander, Clay, Clinton, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin and 20 more6 hr
Aug 14, 5:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlexander, Edwards, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin and 16 more61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.