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Mesoscale Discussion 973

June 7, 20096 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2009, 1:31 PM MDT for 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2009, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2009, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 6, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more6 hr
Jun 6, 8:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 32 more92 min
Jun 6, 10:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Clay, Fillmore, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 8 more86 min
Jun 6, 11:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Douglas, Gage, Johnson, Lancaster, Nemaha and 5 more61 min
Jun 7, 12:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Garden and 8 more55 min
Jun 7, 3:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson30 min
Jun 7, 10:16 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota and 12 more119 min
Jun 7, 1:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more114 min
Jun 7, 2:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy60 min
Jun 7, 2:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster and 7 more7 hr
Jun 7, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDundy, Hitchcock, Red Willow5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.