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Mesoscale Discussion 1002
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2009, 11:11 AM CDT for 44 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2009, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2009, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:12 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 40 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 918 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 7:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Douglas and 32 more | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 8:40 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 22 more | 65 min |
| Jun 9, 9:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chase and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 9, 12:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Linn | 91 min |
| Jun 9, 1:31 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 8 hr |
| Jun 9, 1:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Edwards, Elk and 15 more | 86 min |
| Jun 9, 2:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Butler, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 9, 6:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 23 more | 53 min |
| Jun 8, 7:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Howell, Iron, Madison and 11 more | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 9:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Madison, Mississippi and 4 more | 55 min |
| Jun 9, 3:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Iron, Madison and 10 more | 86 min |
| Jun 9, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Iron and 12 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009
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.