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Mesoscale Discussion 1182

June 1, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2003, 2:34 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2003, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Baca County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Carson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-01Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 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
Jun 1, 12:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan and 5 more6 hr
Jun 1, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Otero, Prowers6 hr
Jun 1, 11:46 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Rawlins and 5 more119 min
Jun 1, 4:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 25 more57 min
Jun 1, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 45 more6 hr
Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 9 more63 min
Jun 1, 4:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more3 hr
Jun 1, 1:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith and 14 more3 hr
Jun 1, 1:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, McCulloch and 8 more3 hr
Jun 1, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more6 hr
Jun 1, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more5 hr
Jun 1, 5:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Cochran and 50 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.