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Mesoscale Discussion 1189

June 25, 201518 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2015, 11:33 PM CDT for 18 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2015, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Miami County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:36 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2319 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 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
2319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
324 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
11.3

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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 25, 7:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Edwards, Ellsworth, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 12 more86 min
Jun 25, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 10 more84 min
Jun 25, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan, Sherman and 1 more67 min
Jun 25, 9:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Logan and 7 more5 hr
Jun 25, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Gove, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny and 8 more87 min
Jun 26, 1:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Crawford, Douglas, Franklin and 5 more59 min
Jun 26, 2:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Linn, Miami3 hr
Jun 26, 2:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Gove, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton and 10 more96 min
Jun 26, 5:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk and 9 more96 min
Jun 25, 7:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Cooper, Franklin, Gasconade and 12 more93 min
Jun 26, 4:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Benton, Camden, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 17 more84 min
Jun 26, 11:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 16 more115 min
Jun 26, 12:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, Howell and 9 more7 hr
Jun 26, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.