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Mesoscale Discussion 467

April 26, 201648 counties in Kansas; Bates County, Missouri; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 26, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT for 48 counties in Kansas; Bates County, Missouri; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2016, 8:17 PM CDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2016, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 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, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Leavenworth 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, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 272 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27Temperature 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2016-04-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
2623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
314 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more7 hr
Apr 27, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jefferson, Leavenworth2 hr
Apr 27, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDoniphan7 hr
Apr 26, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcDonald114 min
Apr 27, 12:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 26 more95 min
Apr 27, 5:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Audrain, Boone, Caldwell, Callaway, Camden and 64 more116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.