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Mesoscale Discussion 1667

July 2, 20088 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 2, 2008, 3:32 PM CDT for 8 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2008, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2008, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Harper County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 618 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 12:00Z on 2008-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
618 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Jul 2, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more61 min
Jul 2, 6:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 14 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.