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Mesoscale Discussion 1653
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 31, 2014, 9:39 PM CDT for 38 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 31, 2014, 9:39 PM CDT (02:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2014, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties
Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Chase County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, 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, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Linn County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:39 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1759 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2025 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 12:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Coffey and 22 more | 88 min |
| Sep 1, 2:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harper and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Miami | 8 hr |
| Sep 1, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Harper and 6 more | 89 min |
| Aug 31, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Gentry, Harrison, Holt, Mercer and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 31, 9:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Caldwell, Daviess, DeKalb, Gentry, Grundy and 8 more | 96 min |
| Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Barton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian and 34 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.