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Mesoscale Discussion 831

June 5, 201426 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2014, 4:35 AM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2014, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 26 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Morris County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 103 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 2014-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1842 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2014-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1842 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
873 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.5
Supercell composite
8.6

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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 4, 9:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more113 min
Jun 4, 9:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman, Thomas96 min
Jun 4, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more7 hr
Jun 4, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Logan, Scott, Sherman and 2 more85 min
Jun 5, 12:06 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGreeley, Logan, Sherman, Wallace, Wichita4 hr
Jun 5, 1:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 20 more85 min
Jun 5, 1:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Ford and 29 more6 hr
Jun 5, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee93 min
Jun 5, 3:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney, Gove and 24 more115 min
Jun 5, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 29 more5 hr
Jun 5, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 40 more86 min
Jun 5, 6:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee6 hr
Jun 5, 7:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 26 more2 hr
Jun 5, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJohnson, Leavenworth, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte5 hr
Jun 5, 10:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Wyandotte63 min

Nearby

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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.