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Mesoscale Discussion 1306

June 22, 200626 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2006, 3:20 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2006, 3:20 PM CDT (20:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2006, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Clark County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 2006-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 48 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 2006-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
48 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-323 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 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 21, 7:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clark, Clay and 57 more119 min
Jun 21, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more6 hr
Jun 21, 9:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more2 hr
Jun 21, 9:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Grant and 9 more2 hr
Jun 21, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 52 more2 hr
Jun 22, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 23 more6 hr
Jun 22, 5:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 13 more86 min

Nearby

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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.