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Mesoscale Discussion 1592

July 25, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 25, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 2012, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2012, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Cass County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Barton County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Trego County, KS, Washington County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Cass County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2012-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1750 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 2012-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1750 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2262 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 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 25, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlack Hawk, Boone, Bremer, Butler, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more85 min
Jul 25, 8:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clayton, Clinton, Delaware and 17 more65 min
Jul 25, 8:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Buchanan, Cedar, Clinton, Delaware, Dubuque and 10 more6 hr
Jul 25, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Clinton, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Scott86 min
Jul 26, 1:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Crawford and 27 more65 min
Jul 26, 1:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot3 hr
Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian and 26 more10 hr
Jul 26, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Christian, Dent and 23 more35 min
Jul 26, 5:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot33 min
Jul 26, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot6 hr
Jul 26, 6:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 1 more61 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.