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Mesoscale Discussion 1392
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2008, 8:44 AM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2008, 8:44 AM CDT (13:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2008, 10:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Miami County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2017 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 5:29 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Butler and 44 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 36 more | 119 min |
| Jun 15, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 20 more | 93 min |
| Jun 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Labette | 66 min |
| Jun 15, 6:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 5 more | 84 min |
| Jun 15, 6:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 11:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Audrain, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Marion, Monroe and 4 more | 88 min |
| Jun 15, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Clark, Cole, Franklin and 18 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.