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Mesoscale Discussion 992

May 23, 20085 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2008, 7:17 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2008, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2008, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 137 counties

Kit Carson County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Reno 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, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Clay County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Polk County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2314 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 00:00Z on 2008-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 198 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
2314 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1449 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
371 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.2
Supercell composite
14.8

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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 23, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld5 hr
May 23, 7:48 PM MDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 43 more6 hr
May 23, 9:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 38 more57 min
May 24, 12:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Elk, Geary, Greenwood, Lyon and 4 more87 min
May 24, 12:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 17 more4 hr
May 24, 3:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Franklin, Linn, Miami58 min
May 24, 2:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 18 more85 min
May 24, 5:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Osborne, Republic, Washington117 min
May 23, 10:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Dawson, Frontier, Garden, Grant, Hayes and 6 more61 min
May 24, 12:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKeya Paha57 min
May 24, 1:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Buffalo, Butler and 27 more118 min
May 24, 2:08 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 45 more6 hr
May 23, 10:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 15 more54 min
May 24, 11:41 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Kingfisher, Logan, Noble, Payne64 min
May 24, 12:03 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Garfield, Grant and 11 more6 hr
May 24, 1:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek and 15 more87 min
May 24, 5:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 16 more26 min
May 24, 5:53 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 17 more5 hr
May 24, 2:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Fisher, Haskell, Irion, Jones, Mitchell and 3 more55 min
May 24, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCoke, Fisher, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Irion and 13 more7 hr

Nearby

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