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Mesoscale Discussion 427

April 14, 20114 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2011, 6:18 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2011, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 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, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, Craig County, OK, Ottawa County, OK

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2011-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2011-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 167 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
167 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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
Apr 14, 12:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cloud, Cowley and 18 more116 min
Apr 14, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 41 more6 hr
Apr 14, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Chase, Cherry, Deuel, Dundy, Garden and 8 more4 hr
Apr 14, 1:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 33 more2 hr
Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more7 hr
Apr 14, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 31 more54 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.