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Mesoscale Discussion 1382

July 4, 200761 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2007, 1:35 PM CDT for 61 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2007, 1:35 PM CDT (18:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2007, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:36 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 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, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2007-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1411 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 2007-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1411 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 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
Jul 3, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 2 more90 min
Jul 3, 10:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton and 12 more92 min
Jul 4, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 43 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.