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Mesoscale Discussion 1365

July 9, 201349 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri; 20 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 9, 2013, 10:26 PM CDT for 49 counties in Kansas; 33 counties in Missouri; 20 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 2013, 10:26 PM CDT (03:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2013, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 102 counties

Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown 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, Graham 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, Norton County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Cooper County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Henry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Howard County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Macon County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Randolph County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 2013-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2204 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 2013-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
2204 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2550 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.3

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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
Jul 10, 1:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte83 min
Jul 10, 2:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Finney, Ford, Gove, Grant, Gray and 19 more66 min
Jul 10, 2:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Finney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 10 more10 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.