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Mesoscale Discussion 1272

June 18, 201155 counties in Kansas; 27 counties in Missouri; Pawnee County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 18, 2011, 2:07 AM CDT for 55 counties in Kansas; 27 counties in Missouri; Pawnee County, Nebraska. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 2011, 2:07 AM CDT (07:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 2011, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 83 counties

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, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson 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, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Camden County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Pawnee County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 59 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 2011-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2975 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 2011-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 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
2975 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1379 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.9

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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 17, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Clay and 45 more93 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
Jun 17, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBurt, Cass, Cuming, Dakota, Dodge, Douglas and 6 more3 hr
Jun 18, 12:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball2 hr

Nearby

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