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Mesoscale Discussion 332

March 23, 200720 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; 9 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 23, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Oklahoma; 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2007, 8:19 PM CDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Mar 23, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 124 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2007-03-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1830 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 23, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne2 hr
Mar 23, 8:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Ellsworth, Harvey, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson and 4 more4 hr
Mar 23, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan and 10 more2 hr
Mar 24, 2:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Republic, Smith, Washington91 min
Mar 24, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Phillips, Rawlins and 5 more93 min
Mar 24, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins6 hr
Mar 23, 9:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Crane and 27 more6 hr
Mar 23, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 20 more118 min
Mar 24, 2:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Briscoe, Childress, Coke, Cottle, Crosby and 18 more55 min

Nearby

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