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Mesoscale Discussion 2078

October 14, 200734 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 14, 2007, 4:59 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 14, 2007, 4:59 PM CDT (21:59 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2007, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2007-10-14Temperature 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 2007-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 403 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
1217 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
403 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 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 13, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellis and 33 more93 min
Oct 13, 9:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Cloud, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 33 more8 hr
Oct 13, 11:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 27 more89 min
Oct 13, 11:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark63 min
Oct 14, 1:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 15 more2 hr
Oct 14, 12:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 18 more64 min
Oct 14, 2:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cowley and 25 more7 hr
Oct 14, 3:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 7 more117 min
Oct 14, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more6 hr
Oct 14, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 10 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.