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Mesoscale Discussion 1203

June 29, 201413 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 29, 2014, 9:02 PM CDT for 13 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 29, 2014, 9:02 PM CDT (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 2014, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Grundy County, MO, Harrison County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Mercer County, MO, Platte County, MO, Putnam County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, Sullivan County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 2014-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4952 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
4952 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
878 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
9.5

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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, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWyandotte54 min
Jun 30, 12:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 26 more54 min
Jun 30, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 18 more113 min
Jun 30, 3:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Kiowa and 4 more65 min
Jun 30, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte6 hr
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 15 more6 hr
Jun 30, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Chase, Clark, Comanche, Douglas and 21 more85 min
Jun 29, 10:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNodaway, Worth65 min
Jun 30, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClark, Scotland5 hr
Jun 30, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Scotland35 min
Jun 30, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Andrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clark, Clinton and 20 more63 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.