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Mesoscale Discussion 1095

May 24, 200325 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2003, 3:39 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2003, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2003-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1125 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2003-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
1125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-104 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1040 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
159 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.7

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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
May 23, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Harvey, Jewell, Lincoln and 13 more117 min
May 24, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 28 more7 hr
May 24, 3:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMorton6 hr
May 24, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gove, Gray and 16 more92 min
May 24, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMorton93 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.