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Mesoscale Discussion 1149

June 15, 20094 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2009, 9:32 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2009, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 100 counties

Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray 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, Gosper 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, Merrick County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps 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 Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 146 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 2009-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3104 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 2009-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
3104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1259 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
8.6

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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 15, 7:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 3 more87 min
Jun 15, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Cass, Fremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page and 3 more6 hr
Jun 15, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Appanoose, Cass, Clarke, Davis and 14 more87 min
Jun 16, 2:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFremont, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Taylor60 min
Jun 16, 4:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCPlymouth, Woodbury7 hr
Jun 15, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford5 hr
Jun 15, 11:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Dickinson and 17 more5 hr
Jun 16, 1:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Elk and 17 more92 min
Jun 16, 4:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 16 more84 min
Jun 16, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Cole and 22 more4 hr
Jun 16, 3:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Benton, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 32 more67 min
Jun 16, 4:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 18 more4 hr
Jun 16, 6:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Dade, Dallas and 18 more118 min
Jun 16, 9:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cape Girardeau, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot and 2 more67 min
Jun 16, 10:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott, Stoddard5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.