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Mesoscale Discussion 781

June 1, 201441 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2014, 6:44 PM CDT for 41 counties in Kansas; 5 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2014, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2014, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Washington County, KS, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 438 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 12:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 39 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
438 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-418 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 1, 1:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny, Meade, Seward96 min
Jun 1, 1:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGraham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 3 more2 hr
Jun 1, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson and 17 more10 hr
Jun 1, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 29 more114 min
Jun 1, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur and 48 more7 hr
Jun 1, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Marshall and 9 more63 min
Jun 1, 6:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan and 20 more85 min
May 31, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSioux118 min
Jun 1, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Pierce, Thurston, Wayne86 min
Jun 1, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel and 7 more96 min
Jun 1, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Deuel and 12 more4 hr

Nearby

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