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Mesoscale Discussion 1194

June 26, 201515 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma; 25 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2015, 5:24 AM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Oklahoma; 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2015, 5:24 AM CDT (10:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2015, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 65 counties

Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 928 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
928 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2479 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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 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, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Geary and 12 more87 min
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, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 17 more85 min
Jun 26, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain89 min
Jun 26, 3:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha and 1 more5 hr
Jun 26, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pittsburg and 1 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.