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September 18, 200726 counties in Iowa; Johnson County, Miami County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 18, 2007, 3:43 PM CDT for 26 counties in Iowa; Johnson County, Miami County, Wyandotte County, Kansas; 28 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 18, 2007, 3:43 PM CDT (20:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 18, 2007, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Appanoose County, IA, Benton County, IA, Cedar County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Henry County, IA, Iowa County, IA, Jasper County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Johnson County, IA, Keokuk County, IA, Linn County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Muscatine County, IA, Poweshiek County, IA, Tama County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Washington County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Johnson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Adair County, MO, Bates County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Sullivan County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2007-09-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-09-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 239 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1118 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
239 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
259 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
Sep 17, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more5 hr
Sep 17, 10:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Lyon, O'Brien and 3 more57 min
Sep 18, 2:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell and 13 more89 min

Nearby

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