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Mesoscale Discussion 1879

August 24, 2007Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2007, 3:05 AM CDT for Atchison County, Doniphan County, Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2007, 3:05 AM CDT (08:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2007, 5:00 AM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Atchison County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2007-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1471 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 2007-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1471 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1851 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 23, 7:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas and 1 more117 min
Aug 23, 7:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 24 more2 hr
Aug 23, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 12 more118 min
Aug 23, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 12 more2 hr
Aug 23, 11:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barton, Brown, Clark, Clay, Cloud and 32 more119 min
Aug 24, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee89 min
Aug 23, 7:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Scotland5 hr
Aug 24, 11:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Camden, Cape Girardeau, Christian, Cole, Crawford and 34 more93 min
Aug 24, 12:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Crawford and 31 more8 hr
Aug 24, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Dent, Franklin, Jefferson, Laclede, Maries and 11 more91 min
Aug 24, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Franklin and 21 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.