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Mesoscale Discussion 1367

June 16, 200524 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT for 24 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2005, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-322 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1768 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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 15, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 41 more89 min
Jun 15, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 21 more8 hr
Jun 15, 10:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Harper, Kingman, Pratt, Sumner91 min
Jun 15, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 1 more6 hr
Jun 16, 1:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 2 more89 min
Jun 16, 2:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Grant, Hamilton, Haskell, Meade and 4 more3 hr
Jun 16, 3:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Phillips, Republic, Smith, Washington2 hr
Jun 16, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 18 more6 hr
Jun 16, 5:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Lane and 15 more8 hr
Jun 16, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary and 16 more114 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.