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Mesoscale Discussion 2341

December 31, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 31, 2006, 6:29 AM CST for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 31, 2006, 6:29 AM CST (12:29 UTC)
Expired
Dec 31, 2006, 12:30 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Monona County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Sac County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Marshall County, KS, Washington County, KS, Cottonwood County, MN, Jackson County, MN, Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Burt County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 71 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-12-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2006-12-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 162 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 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
Dec 31, 12:53 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLyon, Sioux5 hr
Dec 30, 7:08 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Buffalo, Dawson, Franklin, Furnas and 12 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Minnesota, 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.