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Mesoscale Discussion 784
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2006, 5:16 PM CDT for 28 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2006, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties
Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 93 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 837 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 072216 SWOMCD SPC MCD 072216 NEZ000-KSZ000-COZ000-072345- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0784 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0516 PM CDT SUN MAY 07 2006 AREAS AFFECTED...WRN KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL VALID 072216Z - 072345Z ...PORTIONS OF KS CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POSSIBLE WATCH TONIGHT... SHORTWAVE TROUGH IS NOW OVER WRN KS PER LATEST WATER VAPOR IMAGERY. THIS FEATURE HAS HELPED TRIGGER SEVERE STORMS OVER KS...AND DEEP LAYER SHEAR VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 30-35 KT. THE INSTABILITY AXIS IS FAIRLY NARROW...AS STRATUS DECK ACROSS CNTRL/ERN KS MOST OF THE DAY HAS INHIBITED STRONG INSOLATION. THIS SUGGESTS SEVERE THREAT MAY BE LARGELY DIURNAL. SEVERE THREAT MAY CONTINUE WITH STORM OVER LOGAN CO AND POSSIBLY A FEW COUNTIES EAST FOR THE NEXT 1-2 HOURS. OPERATIONAL MODELS SUGGEST LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL MOVE EWD ACROSS THE CNTRL PLAINS...WITH MCS LIKELY EVOLVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF KS/OK. IT APPEARS THE SEVERE THREAT MAY BE LIMITED WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING...UNLESS ELEVATED SUPERCELLS CAN DEVELOP WITH LARGE HAIL POTENTIAL OR IF STRONG COLD POOL DEVELOPS. AREA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR POTENTIAL WATCH. ..TAYLOR.. 05/07/2006 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GID...DDC...GLD...PUB... 37689975 37050022 37040207 38550179 39610151 39980082 40009912 38489954
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 1:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny and 10 more | 83 min |
Nearby
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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.