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Mesoscale Discussion 715

May 5, 200724 counties in Kansas; Clay County, Platte County, Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; Clay County, Platte County, Missouri. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2007, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2007, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Clay County, MO, Platte County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1963 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 00:00Z on 2007-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 217 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
1963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1234 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.3

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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
May 5, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan9 hr
May 5, 9:08 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAnderson, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 64 more7 hr
May 5, 11:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 23 more66 min
May 6, 1:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler and 48 more85 min
May 6, 7:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoffey, Franklin, Johnson, Wyandotte95 min
May 6, 9:19 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 8 more5 hr
May 6, 11:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 36 more94 min
May 6, 1:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark58 min
May 6, 1:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 25 more8 hr
May 6, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 28 more67 min
May 6, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey, Dickinson and 18 more7 hr
May 5, 9:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Nodaway, Worth59 min
May 6, 4:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll, Clay, Clinton and 18 more2 hr
May 6, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Daviess, Grundy, Harrison, Mercer, Putnam and 2 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.