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Mesoscale Discussion 1006

June 15, 201414 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2014, 2:42 AM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2014, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 15, 2014, 4:15 AM CDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:42 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 (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 232 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 DiscussionSPCJewell, Republic, Smith96 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, 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, 3:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin and 7 more90 min
Jun 15, 4:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Crawford, Labette93 min
Jun 15, 1:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper, Kay and 6 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.