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Mesoscale Discussion 1005

June 15, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2014, 1:10 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2014, 1:10 AM CDT (06:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2014, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 82 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Riley County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Gage County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Washington County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 2014-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1735 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 2014-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 82 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
1735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
82 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
267 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.9

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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 DiscussionSPCPlymouth, Woodbury96 min
Jun 14, 9:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPlymouth96 min
Jun 14, 11:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Monona, Woodbury53 min
Jun 14, 11:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Buena Vista, Calhoun, Carroll and 19 more5 hr
Jun 15, 3:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll and 25 more90 min
Jun 14, 7:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 13 more95 min
Jun 14, 8:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas84 min
Jun 14, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 25 more6 hr
Jun 14, 10:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper, Harvey and 8 more94 min
Jun 14, 11:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Ellsworth and 12 more5 hr
Jun 15, 12:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 8 more83 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, 4:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 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.