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Mesoscale Discussion 1625

August 1, 2007Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado; 23 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 1, 2007, 8:06 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado; 23 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 1, 2007, 8:06 PM MDT (02:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 1, 2007, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Barton County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1501 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 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
1501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 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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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.