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Mesoscale Discussion 1139

June 3, 200527 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2005, 12:21 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2005, 12:21 PM CDT (17:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Allen County, KS, Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Craig County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 106 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1438 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.3

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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 2, 7:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche and 48 more91 min
Jun 2, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 13 more6 hr
Jun 3, 2:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 19 more92 min
Jun 3, 6:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarper, Sumner90 min
Jun 3, 10:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 4 more116 min
Jun 3, 4:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 3 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more4 hr
Jun 3, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 5 more96 min
Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHarmon7 hr
Jun 3, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 29 more7 hr
Jun 3, 11:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more5 hr
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady, Jackson and 5 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.