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Mesoscale Discussion 1192

June 3, 200826 counties in Kansas; 43 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2008, 10:43 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 43 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 10:43 PM CDT (03:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2008, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 69 counties

Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Boone County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 190 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2008-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1660 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2008-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
1660 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.4

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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 3, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 20 more6 hr
Jun 3, 9:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 17 more115 min
Jun 3, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford4 hr
Jun 4, 1:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette91 min
Jun 4, 12:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne96 min
Jun 4, 1:42 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 2 more7 hr
Jun 4, 2:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith6 hr
Jun 4, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins64 min
Jun 4, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins67 min
Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay, Colfax and 30 more65 min
Jun 4, 4:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass and 42 more66 min
Jun 4, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBurt, Cuming, Dodge, Washington6 hr
Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass and 36 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.