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Mesoscale Discussion 360

March 30, 200629 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2006, 9:42 AM CST for 29 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2006, 9:42 AM CST (15:42 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2006, 11:15 AM CST
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 135 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1531 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 12:00Z on 2006-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 332 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1531 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
332 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
9.1

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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 30, 2:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 26 more2 hr
Mar 30, 3:39 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 23 more5 hr
Mar 30, 7:07 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 14 more113 min
Mar 30, 7:29 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan2 hr
Mar 30, 8:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 56 more9 hr
Mar 30, 11:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Harvey and 15 more88 min
Mar 30, 1:22 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn and 2 more113 min
Mar 30, 2:15 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Doniphan, Johnson and 4 more8 hr
Mar 30, 3:12 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 35 more63 min
Mar 30, 5:39 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Chautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more6 hr
Mar 29, 11:16 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 27 more119 min
Mar 30, 11:08 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 24 more7 hr
Mar 30, 12:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 17 more117 min
Mar 30, 2:46 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 15 more119 min
Mar 30, 5:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 13 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.