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Mesoscale Discussion 1256

June 8, 200531 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2005, 11:38 PM CDT for 31 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2005, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Allen County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Elk County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:40 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4205 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
4205 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1538 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 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 8, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Bourbon, Butler and 40 more94 min
Jun 8, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha and 1 more58 min
Jun 8, 8:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 50 more7 hr
Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Gove, Gray, Haskell, Lane and 4 more2 hr
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 29 more9 hr
Jun 9, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cloud, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 26 more92 min
Jun 9, 5:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 6 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.