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Mesoscale Discussion 1839

July 21, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2008, 1:48 PM CDT (18:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2008, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 98 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Appanoose County, IA, Cass County, IA, Clarke County, IA, Davis County, IA, Decatur County, IA, Des Moines County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Henry County, IA, Jefferson County, IA, Lee County, IA, Louisa County, IA, Lucas County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mahaska County, IA, Marion County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monroe County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Van Buren County, IA, Wapello County, IA, Warren County, IA, Wayne County, IA, Adams County, IL, Brown County, IL, Cass County, IL, Fulton County, IL, Hancock County, IL, Henderson County, IL, Knox County, IL, McDonough County, IL, Mercer County, IL, Pike County, IL, Schuyler County, IL, Warren County, IL, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Adair County, MO, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Audrain County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clark County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Knox County, MO, Lewis County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Marion County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Monroe County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pike County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ralls County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Schuyler County, MO, Scotland County, MO, Shelby County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 194 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 407 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2008-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
407 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2003 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 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
Jul 20, 10:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 18 more2 hr
Jul 20, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren8 hr
Jul 21, 3:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHancock, Henderson, McDonough, Mercer, Rock Island, Warren95 min
Jul 21, 4:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBureau, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clark, Clay and 44 more8 hr
Jul 21, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Brown, Cass, Fulton, Hancock, Henderson and 9 more7 hr
Jul 20, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBuena Vista, Cherokee, Crawford, Harrison, Ida, Monona and 5 more7 hr
Jul 20, 11:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Monona95 min
Jul 21, 4:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPlymouth, Sioux89 min
Jul 20, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 14 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.