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Mesoscale Discussion 557
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2014, 11:54 PM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 96 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2014, 11:54 PM CDT (04:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2014, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 96 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:56 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 60 more | 91 min |
| May 10, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay and 29 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Jackson, Jewell, Marshall and 7 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Geary and 13 more | 116 min |
| May 11, 1:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more | 119 min |
| May 11, 2:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Phillips and 4 more | 8 hr |
| May 11, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 16 more | 7 hr |
| May 11, 5:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 25 more | 89 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale 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.