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Mesoscale Discussion 2050

October 2, 2007Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 2, 2007, 2:32 PM CDT for Cherokee County, Crawford County, Kansas; 44 counties in Missouri; 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 2, 2007, 2:32 PM CDT (19:32 UTC)
Expired
Oct 2, 2007, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Audrain County, MO, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Boone County, MO, Callaway County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Osage County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 98 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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
Oct 2, 2:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 2 more7 hr
Oct 2, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette97 min
Oct 2, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 7 more59 min
Oct 2, 5:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade and 13 more4 hr
Oct 2, 2:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Garfield, Grant and 10 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.