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Mesoscale Discussion 752

May 30, 201029 counties in Kansas; Platte County, Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 30, 2010, 6:07 PM CDT for 29 counties in Kansas; Platte County, Missouri; 14 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 2010, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Platte County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 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 nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 557 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
557 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
144 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
May 29, 8:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne86 min
May 30, 2:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 3 more63 min
May 30, 3:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley and 22 more6 hr
May 30, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Garfield and 17 more9 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.