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Mesoscale Discussion 320

March 22, 200715 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Wheeler County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 22, 2007, 1:59 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; Hemphill County, Wheeler County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2007, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
Expired
Mar 22, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Craig County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Hemphill County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 744 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 194 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
744 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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
Mar 21, 9:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan, Nemaha59 min
Mar 22, 12:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Jefferson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte53 min
Mar 22, 3:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 28 more67 min
Mar 21, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Roger Mills64 min
Mar 22, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 19 more65 min
Mar 22, 12:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Culberson and 16 more3 hr
Mar 22, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 32 more6 hr

Nearby

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