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Mesoscale Discussion 924

May 29, 200738 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2007, 10:43 PM CDT for 38 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2007, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2007, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Saline County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2007-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1362 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 2007-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 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
1362 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-45 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1343 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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
May 29, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 30 more7 hr
May 29, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCOsborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith5 hr
May 29, 9:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 27 more118 min
May 29, 11:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Lincoln, McPherson and 4 more4 hr
May 30, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa, Pratt and 3 more83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.