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Mesoscale Discussion 1101

June 16, 201327 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2013, 8:16 PM CDT for 27 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2013, 8:16 PM CDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2013, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 31 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 2013-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 965 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 2013-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 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
965 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1950 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.0

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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 16, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clark and 35 more5 hr
Jun 16, 10:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 24 more62 min
Jun 17, 12:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Sedgwick and 1 more117 min
Jun 17, 1:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 6 more6 hr
Jun 17, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan and 8 more9 hr
Jun 17, 6:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Wallace66 min
Jun 17, 4:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 20 more118 min
Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron, Texas7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.