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Mesoscale Discussion 449

April 6, 200634 counties in Kansas; 55 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2006, 8:29 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 55 counties in Nebraska; 4 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2006, 8:29 PM CDT (01:29 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2006, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 93 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Adams County, NE, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Brown County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Knox County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Loup County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Rock County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Clay County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 2006-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 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 2006-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 210 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
210 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
204 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.1

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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
Apr 6, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte63 min
Apr 6, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte5 hr
Apr 6, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan, Leavenworth, Wyandotte114 min
Apr 6, 10:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLinn, Miami84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.