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Mesoscale Discussion 528

April 21, 20077 counties in Colorado; 31 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2007, 5:10 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado; 31 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2007, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2007, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2007-04-21Temperature 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 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2007-04-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2628 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 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
Apr 21, 12:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSedgwick55 min
Apr 21, 12:57 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCPhillips, Sedgwick9 hr
Apr 21, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 1 more91 min
Apr 21, 2:10 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 1 more7 hr
Apr 21, 4:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick2 hr
Apr 21, 5:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 11 more2 hr
Apr 20, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 19 more5 hr
Apr 21, 12:31 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.