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Mesoscale Discussion 1647

August 4, 2007Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 4, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT for Cheyenne County, Rawlins County, Kansas; 18 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:10 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 40 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2007-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 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
Aug 3, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield and 8 more118 min
Aug 4, 1:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Knox and 2 more86 min
Aug 4, 2:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more114 min
Aug 4, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 18 more6 hr
Aug 4, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Frontier, Garfield and 12 more4 hr
Aug 4, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cass, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 13 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2007Mesoscale 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.