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Mesoscale Discussion 965

June 10, 201524 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2015, 6:18 PM CDT for 24 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2015, 6:18 PM CDT (23:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2015, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Howard County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Valley County, NE, Washington County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:18 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 nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 130 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 737 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2015-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
737 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-321 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arthur, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Chase and 32 more118 min
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

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.