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Mesoscale Discussion 1180

June 10, 200439 counties in Kansas; 26 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2004, 7:58 PM CDT for 39 counties in Kansas; 26 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2004, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2590 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
2590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
12.3

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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 11, 3:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 31 more84 min
Jun 11, 4:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Doniphan, Nemaha95 min
Jun 11, 5:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Wilson and 1 more93 min
Jun 10, 8:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Butler and 23 more86 min
Jun 10, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Butler and 28 more5 hr
Jun 10, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Furnas and 12 more5 hr
Jun 10, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Butler and 28 more92 min
Jun 11, 1:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 18 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.