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Mesoscale Discussion 764

May 9, 200712 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 9, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT for 12 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri; Craig County, Nowata County, Ottawa County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 9, 2007, 4:00 PM CDT (21:00 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 102 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, Springfield, MO at 12:00Z on 2007-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
102 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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
May 8, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 12 more60 min
May 8, 7:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 23 more4 hr
May 8, 10:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Garvin, McClain, Murray, Oklahoma67 min
May 9, 1:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Noble86 min

Nearby

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