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Mesoscale Discussion 1193

June 29, 201418 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2014, 1:33 AM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2014, 1:33 AM CDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Barton County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Gove County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lane County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:36 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 81 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 943 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2014-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
943 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1251 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 29, 6:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove and 18 more97 min
Jun 29, 6:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 10 more84 min
Jun 29, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson and 8 more5 hr

Nearby

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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.