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Mesoscale Discussion 605
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 27, 2012, 1:29 PM CDT for 40 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 27, 2012, 1:29 PM CDT (18:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 27, 2012, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua 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, Harvey County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1420 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 272 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 417 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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ACUS11 KWNS 271829
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 271829
MOZ000-KSZ000-272000-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0605
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0129 PM CDT FRI APR 27 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...N-CNTRL TO SERN KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...TORNADO WATCH LIKELY
VALID 271829Z - 272000Z
SEVERE THREAT IS STILL EXPECTED TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON...BUT
APPEARS TO BE DELAYED IN TIMING AS TSTM INITIATION IN S-CNTRL KS HAS
BEEN CURTAILED BY STRONG SUBSIDENCE. WITH STRONGER HEATING NOW
OCCURRING AHEAD OF THE DRYLINE...CONVECTION WILL GROW ACROSS N-CNTRL
KS AND EVENTUALLY DEVELOP S/SEWD TOWARDS SERN KS. A TORNADO WATCH
WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED BETWEEN 19-21Z.
SUBSTANTIAL DRYING NOTED IN WATER VAPOR IMAGERY HAS SPREAD ACROSS
S-CNTRL KS WITH LARGE-SCALE SUBSIDENCE S OF THE COMPACT SHORT WAVE
IMPULSE OVER NWRN KS. THIS APPEARS TO BE THE PRIMARY LIMITING FACTOR
SUPPRESSING TSTM DEVELOPMENT THUS FAR S OF THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF
THE TRIPLE POINT /LOCATED AROUND 30 S HLC AT 18Z/. WITH INDIVIDUAL
CELL MOTIONS SHIFTING N/NEWD OF THE SURFACE WARM FRONT THAT ARCED
SEWD INTO SERN KS...CONVECTION THUS FAR HAS STRUGGLED TO REACH
SEVERE INTENSITY. 12Z CONVECTION-ALLOWING WRF AND RECENT HRRR RUNS
SUGGEST THAT CONVECTION MAY REMAIN TIED ALONG AND JUST N OF THE WARM
FRONT IN THE LOBE OF ASCENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE SHORT WAVE IMPULSE.
STILL...WITH A 50 MILE WIDE AREA OF STRONGER HEATING OCCURRING
BETWEEN THE DRYLINE AND REMNANT STRATUS DECK IN CNTRL KS...THIS
SHOULD PROVE FAVORABLE FOR SUSTAINING DEVELOPMENT OF A FEW
SUPERCELLS WITH ATTENDANT LARGE HAIL/TORNADO THREATS.
..GRAMS.. 04/27/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TOP...ICT...GID...
LAT...LON 39669891 39929829 39969775 39579642 38929516 38179450
37299487 37119634 37279718 37659765 38699829 39669891SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 26, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:24 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton and 5 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 8 more | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 10:15 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellis and 21 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 46 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 22 more | 61 min |
| Apr 27, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Cherokee and 32 more | 113 min |
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.