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Mesoscale Discussion 1064

June 1, 201133 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2011, 11:25 PM CDT for 33 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson 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, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Clay County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 2011-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1634 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 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1634 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
10.8

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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
Jun 1, 7:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis and 21 more56 min
Jun 1, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 8 more3 hr
Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChase, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell and 15 more4 hr
Jun 2, 2:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Jewell and 11 more2 hr
Jun 2, 6:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Dawes, Sheridan87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.