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Mesoscale Discussion 1633

September 4, 2016Cheyenne County, Colorado; 25 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 4, 2016, 1:54 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Colorado; 25 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 2016, 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2016, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 26 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 2016-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 392 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 2016-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 395 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
392 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
797 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
395 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
424 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 7:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Yuma118 min
Sep 3, 9:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCYuma117 min
Sep 4, 1:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma119 min
Sep 4, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more7 hr
Sep 4, 5:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma113 min

Nearby

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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.