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Mesoscale Discussion 1174

June 27, 2014Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado; 24 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2014, 2:19 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Colorado; 24 counties in Kansas; 14 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2014, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 40 counties

Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 66 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 8:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick, Yuma90 min
Jun 26, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma3 hr
Jun 26, 10:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Phillips, Yuma95 min
Jun 27, 12:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 7 more115 min
Jun 27, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa and 10 more6 hr
Jun 27, 2:47 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma6 hr
Jun 27, 5:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick84 min
Jun 27, 5:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 8 more58 min
Jun 27, 12:37 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Norton, Rawlins23 min
Jun 27, 3:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Dawes, Garfield and 10 more93 min
Jun 27, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Cherry, Garden, Grant, Hooker, Logan and 3 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.