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Mesoscale Discussion 553
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2016, 9:04 PM CDT for 14 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2016, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties
Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 146 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1264 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Harper | 117 min |
| May 8, 3:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Cloud, Comanche, Edwards and 34 more | 54 min |
| May 8, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 38 more | 8 hr |
| May 8, 6:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 41 more | 87 min |
| May 8, 4:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Blaine, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Clay and 22 more | 90 min |
| May 8, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Blaine, Brown, Buffalo, Cherry, Clay and 26 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.