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Mesoscale Discussion 514

March 31, 200851 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 31, 2008, 4:29 AM CDT for 51 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 31, 2008, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
Expired
Mar 31, 2008, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:32 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-03-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1597 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2008-03-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1597 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.1
Supercell composite
10.5

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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
Mar 30, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner55 min
Mar 30, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more7 hr
Mar 30, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 37 more55 min
Mar 31, 1:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 32 more2 hr
Mar 31, 3:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 5 more59 min
Mar 31, 4:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan3 hr
Mar 31, 5:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 10 more7 hr
Mar 31, 5:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha91 min
Mar 31, 6:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more88 min
Mar 31, 7:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more85 min
Mar 31, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 4 more7 hr
Mar 31, 10:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more60 min
Mar 30, 10:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more6 hr
Mar 31, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 16 more88 min
Mar 31, 2:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Grant, Kay, Logan, Noble, Osage and 2 more53 min
Mar 31, 4:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPawnee90 min
Mar 31, 12:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cotton, Jefferson and 4 more55 min
Mar 31, 2:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more7 hr
Mar 31, 3:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Coal, Haskell, Hughes, Latimer and 6 more26 min
Mar 31, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 8 more7 hr
Mar 31, 3:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more56 min
Mar 31, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr

Nearby

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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.