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Mesoscale Discussion 1322

June 12, 200532 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2005, 11:29 PM CDT for 32 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2005, 11:29 PM CDT (04:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2005, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 121 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 2005-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 2005-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-344 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 13, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette116 min
Jun 13, 2:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee, Labette8 hr
Jun 13, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 8 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.