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Mesoscale Discussion 982

June 11, 20154 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2015, 8:48 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2015, 8:48 PM MDT (02:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2015, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2015-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 789 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
789 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.6

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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 11, 6:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 9 more95 min
Jun 11, 6:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more96 min
Jun 11, 10:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Haskell and 6 more65 min
Jun 12, 2:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette83 min
Jun 12, 2:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more2 hr
Jun 12, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 25 more6 hr
Jun 12, 5:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 22 more97 min
Jun 12, 12:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Dawson and 17 more2 hr
Jun 12, 1:47 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Briscoe and 45 more7 hr
Jun 12, 4:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 30 more96 min

Nearby

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