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Mesoscale Discussion 1545

June 24, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2008, 2:02 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2008, 2:02 AM CDT (07:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2008, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Atchison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Clay County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Gage County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster 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, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1839 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2008-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
9.9

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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 24, 6:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Decatur and 14 more117 min
Jun 23, 7:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 9 more55 min
Jun 23, 11:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Jewell and 15 more65 min
Jun 24, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson, Leavenworth and 5 more60 min

Nearby

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