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Mesoscale Discussion 1284

June 9, 200334 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 16 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2003, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Graham County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2435 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 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
2435 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-115 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1689 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 9, 9:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 21 more5 hr
Jun 9, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell and 7 more6 hr
Jun 9, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 17 more118 min
Jun 9, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 10 more119 min
Jun 10, 12:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas, Geary and 11 more5 hr
Jun 10, 1:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Ellis, Ellsworth, Kingman, Lincoln and 8 more55 min
Jun 10, 2:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more2 hr
Jun 10, 7:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 1 more113 min
Jun 10, 12:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 21 more117 min
Jun 10, 12:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 29 more6 hr
Jun 10, 1:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery2 hr
Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Franklin and 11 more95 min
Jun 10, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas2 hr
Jun 10, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 29 more2 hr
Jun 9, 7:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 20 more115 min
Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 12 more92 min
Jun 9, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 14 more6 hr
Jun 9, 10:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Dawson, Ector and 18 more2 hr
Jun 10, 8:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 15 more119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.