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Mesoscale Discussion 1305

June 10, 200317 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2003, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2003, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Saline County, MO

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 2003-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1376 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2003-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 193 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
1376 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
898 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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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, 9:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 28 more60 min
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, 6:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas2 hr
Jun 9, 9:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGentry, Harrison, Mercer, Nodaway, Putnam, Schuyler and 3 more53 min
Jun 10, 7:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Butler and 53 more6 hr
Jun 10, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Bollinger, Butler and 50 more2 hr
Jun 10, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cole, Crawford, Dent and 23 more5 hr
Jun 10, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Jefferson, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Saint Francois, Washington113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.