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Mesoscale Discussion 192

March 8, 200616 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 8, 2006, 3:11 PM CST for 16 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 8, 2006, 3:11 PM CST (21:11 UTC)
Expired
Mar 8, 2006, 4:45 PM CST
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 442 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-339 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
782 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
442 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
438 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 7, 7:34 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 33 more7 hr
Mar 7, 9:23 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more2 hr
Mar 7, 9:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 3 more87 min
Mar 8, 11:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 6 more3 hr
Mar 8, 12:33 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chautauqua and 21 more7 hr
Mar 8, 12:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Dunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Ripley, Scott and 1 more2 hr
Mar 8, 4:46 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland and 1 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.