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Mesoscale Discussion 523

April 14, 201246 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2012, 11:44 AM CDT for 46 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Oklahoma; Lipscomb County, Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 14, 2012, 11:44 AM CDT (16:44 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2012, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Washington County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Lipscomb County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:39 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 91 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1516 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 12:00Z on 2012-04-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 413 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1516 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
413 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
432 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.6

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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
Apr 13, 9:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 17 more61 min
Apr 14, 3:42 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCChautauqua, Labette, Montgomery5 hr
Apr 14, 7:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Labette64 min
Apr 14, 9:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant, Gray and 10 more93 min
Apr 14, 10:43 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 42 more7 hr
Apr 14, 12:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Dickinson and 19 more64 min
Apr 14, 1:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Rawlins2 hr
Apr 14, 1:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Cloud, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 20 more61 min
Apr 14, 2:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Ottawa and 2 more32 min
Apr 14, 3:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellsworth and 10 more29 min
Apr 14, 3:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 33 more57 min
Apr 14, 4:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Nemaha58 min
Apr 14, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Dickinson and 32 more66 min
Apr 14, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDoniphan7 hr
Apr 14, 5:24 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBarber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 57 more9 hr
Apr 13, 7:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 24 more55 min
Apr 13, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more7 hr
Apr 13, 9:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 19 more92 min
Apr 13, 11:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 20 more90 min
Apr 14, 2:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more65 min
Apr 14, 1:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 21 more2 hr
Apr 13, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBriscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Hall and 1 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.