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Mesoscale Discussion 1000

June 14, 20146 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2014, 8:21 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2014, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2014, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Decatur County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2014-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1213 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
62 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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
Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Republic, Smith96 min
Jun 14, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 13 more95 min
Jun 14, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 25 more6 hr
Jun 14, 9:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJewell, Phillips, Smith96 min
Jun 14, 10:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 8 more94 min
Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Jewell, Marshall, Mitchell, Republic, Washington53 min
Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth and 12 more5 hr
Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 13 more5 hr
Jun 15, 12:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 8 more83 min
Jun 15, 1:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Butler, Chase and 34 more95 min
Jun 15, 1:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 7 more4 hr
Jun 15, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 8 more93 min
Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 7 more90 min
Jun 15, 4:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.