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May 25, 200836 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2008, 2:23 PM CDT for 36 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2008, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2008, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Barton County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2008-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 359 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 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
359 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
May 24, 9:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Harper, Labette, Montgomery and 2 more56 min
May 24, 11:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 5 more4 hr
May 25, 3:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Harvey, Sedgwick, Sumner55 min
May 25, 11:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens65 min
May 25, 12:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette58 min
May 25, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray and 15 more5 hr
May 25, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCherokee7 hr
May 25, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery56 min
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 30 more6 hr
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 11 more61 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more7 hr
May 25, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee114 min
May 24, 9:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston and 2 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.