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Mesoscale Discussion 784
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2014, 10:50 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Missouri; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 10:50 PM CDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Henry County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Woods County, OK
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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, 3.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1345 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966
ACUS11 KWNS 020351
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 020350
MOZ000-KSZ000-OKZ000-020445-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0784
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1050 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2014
AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF NRN OK...SE KS INTO W-CENTRAL MO
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 204...
VALID 020350Z - 020445Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 204
CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...A SEVERE WIND/HAIL THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WW
204...AND MAY EXTEND A BIT FURTHER EAST INTO W-CENTRAL MO THROUGH
06Z. A DOWNSTREAM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED TO REFLECT THE CONTINUED
THREAT.
DISCUSSION...SPORADIC STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS HAVE
BEEN NOTED NEAR THE APEX OF THE BOWING SEGMENT ACROSS OSAGE AND
FRANKLIN COUNTIES IN E-CENTRAL KS. A 50 KT REAR INFLOW JET AT 2 KM
WAS NOTED ON THE TWX 88-D VAD WIND PROFILER. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE TO
PROVIDE FOCUS FOR FORWARD PROPAGATING BOWING SEGMENT TO THE EAST THE
NEXT FEW HOURS. AS SUCH...A DOWNSTREAM WW HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR A
SMALL PART OF W-CNTRL MO.
FURTHER SOUTH...ANOTHER BOWING SEGMENT BETWEEN ICT AND EMP APPEARS
TO BE MORE ELEVATED AS A GUST FRONT HAS OUTRUN MAIN CONVECTIVE LINE.
A FEW STRONGER GUSTS OR SMALL HAIL MAY CONTINUE ALONG THIS LINE.
STRONGER CELLS WERE NOTED ACROSS NRN OK...WHERE GUSTS TO 74 MPH WERE
NOTED BY THE OKLAHOMA MESONET OVER THE LAST HOUR OR SO. THE
DOWNSTREAM AIRMASS REMAINS QUITE UNSTABLE AND MOIST AND SEVERE WIND
GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL COULD PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS WITH THESE
STORMS.
..LEITMAN.. 06/02/2014
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...SGF...EAX...TSA...TOP...ICT...OUN...DDC...
LAT...LON 37559775 38359613 38779536 38979427 38909376 38599354
38239383 37909492 37409591 36179740 36159846 36349905
36559908 37459798 37559775SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper | 92 min |
| Jun 1, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Butler, Chase, Coffey, Cowley, Douglas and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper, Sumner | 85 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.