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Mesoscale Discussion 341

March 29, 20227 counties in Iowa; 34 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 29, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT for 7 counties in Iowa; 34 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2022, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2022, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%
All 41 counties

Crawford County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 335 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 2022-03-29Temperature 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 2022-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 714 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
714 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
824 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
Mar 29, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 4 more2 hr
Mar 29, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Carroll, Cass, Crawford and 14 more5 hr
Mar 29, 3:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGage, Jefferson, Pawnee2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2022Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2022Every mesoscale discussion in 2022

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.