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Mesoscale Discussion 960

June 10, 201517 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2015, 2:02 PM CDT for 17 counties in Kansas; 38 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2015, 2:02 PM CDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2015, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 55 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Adams County, NE, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Grant County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Rock County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 64 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 338 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
338 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-224 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2523 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 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 10, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry and 36 more9 hr
Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cass, Colfax, Douglas, Johnson, Lancaster and 10 more92 min
Jun 10, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming and 18 more87 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.