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Mesoscale Discussion 1294

July 15, 20164 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2016, 4:16 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2016, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 53 counties

Prowers County, CO, Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Collingsworth County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 10.3 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2016-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 568 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 2016-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -65 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
568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo26 min
Jul 15, 12:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers91 min
Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 1 more7 hr
Jul 14, 9:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer and 7 more2 hr
Jul 14, 9:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey and 12 more2 hr
Jul 15, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 14 more6 hr
Jul 14, 7:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 24 more2 hr
Jul 15, 6:38 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Dallas, Denton, Hunt, Kaufman, Rains and 4 more2 hr
Jul 15, 2:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 12 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.