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Mesoscale Discussion 1271

June 17, 201151 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2011, 11:12 PM CDT for 51 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2011, 11:12 PM CDT (04:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2689 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
6.4

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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 17, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 67 more7 hr
Jun 17, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott and 2 more93 min
Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barton, Bourbon, Brown and 49 more53 min
Jun 18, 1:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Greeley, Sherman, Wallace7 hr
Jun 18, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 10 more116 min
Jun 18, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny and 8 more90 min
Jun 18, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gove and 20 more7 hr
Jun 18, 6:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more10 hr
Jun 18, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Carroll and 40 more5 hr
Jun 18, 5:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Bollinger, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cape Girardeau and 36 more66 min
Jun 18, 9:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, Pemiscot7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.