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Mesoscale Discussion 1065

June 2, 201117 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2011, 2:12 AM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Howard County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:16 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.

204 
ACUS11 KWNS 020712
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 020712 
KSZ000-NEZ000-020915-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1065
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0212 AM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...S CENTRAL NEB INTO CENTRAL AND ERN KS

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 418...

VALID 020712Z - 020915Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 418
CONTINUES.

LOW-END/LIMITED HAIL THREAT MAY PERSIST FOR A COUPLE MORE HOURS.

RADAR LOOP OVER THE PAST 1-2 HOURS SHOWS THAT CONVECTION HAS BEGUN
TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY...WITH WIND POTENTIAL DIMINISHING
MOST SUBSTANTIALLY.  ATTM...THREAT FOR ISOLATED/MARGINAL HAIL
REMAINS AS A 40 KT SSWLY LOW-LEVEL JET RIDES ATOP RAIN-COOLED
BOUNDARY-LAYER AIR.  EVEN THIS THREAT SHOULD WANE GRADUALLY HOWEVER
OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.

..GOSS.. 06/02/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...OAX...TOP...ICT...GID...LBF...

LAT...LON   38539694 39429801 41239922 41379869 41079814 40119745
            39849661 39709570 38469542 38159599 38539694

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, 11:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis and 27 more35 min
Jun 1, 11:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChase, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary, Jewell and 15 more4 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.