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Mesoscale Discussion 1213

June 24, 201350 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2013, 9:32 PM CDT for 50 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Nebraska; 5 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2013, 9:32 PM CDT (02:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2013, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno 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, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Webster County, NE, Alfalfa County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:35 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2013-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 771 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 2013-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
273 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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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.