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Mesoscale Discussion 1491

June 24, 20036 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2003, 3:47 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2003, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2003, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2003-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 413 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2003-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
413 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 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 23, 8:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Jewell, Phillips, Republic, Smith58 min
Jun 23, 8:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCNorton, Phillips, Smith3 hr
Jun 24, 11:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan2 hr
Jun 24, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 5 more6 hr
Jun 24, 3:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan64 min
Jun 24, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Grant, Gray, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 8 more117 min
Jun 24, 6:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Logan, Norton and 6 more2 hr
Jun 23, 8:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Deuel, Kimball86 min
Jun 23, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBurt, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 11 more4 hr
Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd65 min
Jun 23, 9:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball and 3 more4 hr
Jun 23, 10:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce, Wayne67 min
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cedar and 26 more5 hr
Jun 23, 10:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Chase, Custer, Dawson, Frontier and 10 more5 hr
Jun 23, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Garden, Grant, Kimball and 3 more67 min
Jun 23, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 3 more6 hr
Jun 24, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanner, Cheyenne, Deuel, Garden, Kimball, Morrill and 1 more3 hr
Jun 24, 1:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Garfield and 9 more53 min
Jun 24, 2:44 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Grant, Holt, Hooker and 3 more2 hr
Jun 24, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 22 more3 hr
Jun 24, 2:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Cherry and 18 more8 hr
Jun 24, 5:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cedar, Dixon and 11 more61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.