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Mesoscale Discussion 563

April 24, 200732 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2007, 2:03 PM CDT for 32 counties in Kansas; 34 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2007, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2007, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Newton County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 144 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 2007-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2007-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
793 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
370 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 23, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche and 55 more2 hr
Apr 23, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith8 hr
Apr 23, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more5 hr
Apr 24, 1:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more83 min
Apr 24, 5:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGraham, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 3 more87 min
Apr 24, 10:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 40 more116 min
Apr 24, 10:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 41 more10 hr
Apr 24, 2:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more117 min
Apr 24, 3:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee and 24 more5 hr
Apr 24, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 33 more83 min
Apr 24, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud, Cowley and 17 more62 min
Apr 24, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid and 7 more92 min
Apr 24, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarry, McDonald, Newton, Stone7 hr
Apr 24, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Butler, Callaway and 51 more2 hr
Apr 24, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Audrain, Benton, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway and 41 more6 hr

Nearby

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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.