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Mesoscale Discussion 1268
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2011, 6:44 PM CDT for 6 states. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 2011, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2011, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 146 counties
Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dickinson County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Lyon County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, O'Brien County, IA, Osceola County, IA, Page County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Sioux County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon 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, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman 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, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Jackson County, MN, Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cole County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Dallas County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO, Wright County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, Lincoln County, SD, Union County, SD
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 37 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 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
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 316 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1246 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 297 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 8.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Monona, Montgomery, Page and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 16, 9:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 26 more | 92 min |
| Jun 16, 11:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Cloud, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth, Harvey and 13 more | 65 min |
| Jun 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Scott, Sherman and 3 more | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Logan, Scott, Sheridan and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Big Stone, Chippewa, Clay, Grant, Lac qui Parle, Pope and 4 more | 84 min |
| Jun 17, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Traverse, Wilkin | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | City of Saint Louis | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry and 22 more | 64 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.