Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 650
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 17, 2008, 3:11 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2008, 3:11 AM CDT (08:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 17, 2008, 4:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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 nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 16, 10:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 21 more | 23 min |
| Apr 17, 12:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barton, Coffey, Dickinson, Douglas, Edwards and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 17, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Chase, Clark, Clay, Comanche and 36 more | 94 min |
| Apr 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Johnson, Labette and 4 more | 24 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.