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Mesoscale Discussion 1822

August 20, 20074 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 20, 2007, 6:27 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 20, 2007, 6:27 PM CDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2007, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Page County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO, Nemaha County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:28 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 (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2007-08-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1008 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 2007-08-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
1008 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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 20, 9:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll, Cerro Gordo, Cherokee and 21 more56 min
Aug 20, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Ida, Lyon and 8 more117 min
Aug 20, 3:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more6 hr
Aug 20, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 21 more117 min
Aug 20, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 33 more7 hr
Aug 20, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens6 hr
Aug 20, 6:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 18 more6 hr
Aug 20, 4:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Christian, Dade, Douglas, Greene, Howell and 7 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.