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Mesoscale Discussion 1475

July 14, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2007, 5:24 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2007, 5:24 PM CDT (22:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Lee County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Logan County, IL, Mason County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Menard County, IL, Peoria County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Tazewell County, IL, Warren County, IL, Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Des Moines radar (KDMX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 256 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 2007-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 109 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 2007-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 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
109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-435 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1524 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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 14, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Christian, Fulton, Greene and 10 more6 hr
Jul 14, 3:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Chase, Clark, Comanche, Dickinson, Edwards and 27 more2 hr
Jul 14, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Brown, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 43 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Illinois, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.