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Mesoscale Discussion 1684

July 21, 201143 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Missouri; 19 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2011, 10:16 PM CDT for 43 counties in Kansas; 21 counties in Missouri; 19 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2011, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2011, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll 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, Jackson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2480 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2011-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 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
2480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1131 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
460 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.8
Supercell composite
43.2

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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 21, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Logan, Norton and 7 more95 min
Jul 21, 7:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 19 more4 hr
Jul 21, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Mercer, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland96 min
Jul 21, 10:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Holt, Nodaway89 min
Jul 22, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 17 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.