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Mesoscale Discussion 873

June 3, 201526 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2015, 4:05 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2015, 4:05 PM CDT (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2015, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 30 counties

Barton County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 152 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 2015-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 899 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 2015-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
899 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-454 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1624 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 3, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Coffey, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson and 10 more90 min
Jun 3, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Dickinson, Edwards and 34 more7 hr
Jun 2, 9:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer and 17 more89 min
Jun 2, 9:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson and 14 more5 hr
Jun 2, 11:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Custer, Garfield, Greeley and 8 more2 hr
Jun 3, 1:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Buffalo, Clay, Dawson, Fillmore, Greeley and 11 more3 hr
Jun 3, 3:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Antelope, Arthur, Blaine, Boone, Boyd and 66 more89 min
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Kimball, Scotts Bluff86 min
Jun 3, 3:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBanner, Kimball, Scotts Bluff, Sioux7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.