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Mesoscale Discussion 895
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2015, 1:22 AM CDT for 37 counties in Kansas; Barton County, Bates County, Vernon County, Missouri. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2015, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2015, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
All 40 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Topeka radar (KTWX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:25 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 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 68 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
- 1248 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -152 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1469 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 8.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Logan and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 13 more | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 11:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Norton, Osborne and 5 more | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 1:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 18 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 5, 5:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Kearny, Morton and 5 more | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Greeley and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Logan, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 61 min |
| Jun 5, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Butler, Carter, Cedar, Christian, Dade and 22 more | 87 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.