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Mesoscale Discussion 1606

June 28, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2008, 5:26 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2008, 5:26 AM CDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2008, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Baxter County, AR, Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Fulton County, AR, Madison County, AR, Marion County, AR, Randolph County, AR, Washington County, AR, Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1977 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 00:00Z on 2008-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 113 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
967 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
254 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.7

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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
Jun 28, 2:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Fulton and 4 more56 min
Jun 28, 10:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Howard, Johnson and 9 more24 min
Jun 28, 10:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian and 1 more5 hr
Jun 28, 1:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan and 5 more90 min
Jun 28, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCFranklin, Howard, Logan, Montgomery, Pike, Polk and 4 more7 hr
Jun 28, 5:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHempstead, Lafayette, Miller, Nevada88 min
Jun 28, 6:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCalhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Lafayette and 5 more7 hr
Jun 27, 8:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 19 more8 hr
Jun 27, 11:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 11 more94 min
Jun 27, 11:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 18 more9 hr
Jun 28, 3:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Comanche, Cowley, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more84 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.