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Mesoscale Discussion 1194

June 23, 201328 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT for 28 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2013, 6:50 PM CDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 51 counties

Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Washington County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1937 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
1937 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-166 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 22, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan and 10 more88 min
Jun 22, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton86 min
Jun 23, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 8 more2 hr
Jun 23, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more93 min
Jun 22, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock and 1 more6 hr
Jun 22, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cedar, Cuming, Dakota, Dixon, Knox and 3 more63 min
Jun 22, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDakota, Dixon6 hr
Jun 22, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.