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Mesoscale Discussion 1691

August 8, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 8, 2007, 7:06 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 2007, 7:06 PM CDT (00:06 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Page County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 125 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2462 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
2462 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.4

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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 8, 9:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLee, Van Buren59 min
Aug 9, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 4 more2 hr
Aug 9, 3:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Grant and 7 more7 hr
Aug 9, 6:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock92 min

Nearby

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