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Mesoscale Discussion 702
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2016, 3:08 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2016, 3:08 AM CDT (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2016, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 2915 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 132 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.1
- Supercell composite
- 15.2
The text
As transmitted.
959 ACUS11 KWNS 240809 SWOMCD SPC MCD 240808 KSZ000-240915- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0702 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0308 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN AND N-CNTRL KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 202... VALID 240808Z - 240915Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 202 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...A MARGINALLY SEVERE-HAIL THREAT WILL TEND TO FOCUS ALONG AND NORTH OF THE EAST-WEST ORIENTED CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW OVER N-CNTRL AND NWRN KS. DISCUSSION...RADAR MOSAIC SHOWS A WEST-EAST ORIENTED CLUSTER OF STRONG TO LOCALLY SEVERE STORMS CAPABLE OF LARGE HAIL WITH THE STRONGER CORES. THE TERMINUS OF A STRONG SOUTHERLY LLJ IS FOCUSED OVER NRN PORTIONS OF KS AND THIS FEATURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH A STRONG POLEWARD FLUX OF ADEQUATELY RICH MOISTURE. MODERATE ELEVATED BUOYANCY /MUCAPE 1000-2000 J PER KG/ AMIDST EFFECTIVE SHEAR OF 30-40 KT WILL SUPPORT ORGANIZED STORMS /MIX OF STRONG MULTICELLS AND SHORT-LIVES SUPERCELLS/ CAPABLE OF AN ISOLATED LARGE-HAIL RISK FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. ..SMITH.. 05/24/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD... LAT...LON 38950101 39820039 39559672 39079693 38950101
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark | 83 min |
| May 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Butler, Cloud, Dickinson, Edwards, Ellis and 31 more | 114 min |
| May 24, 12:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 36 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 7 more | 119 min |
| May 24, 3:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 21 more | 9 hr |
| May 24, 6:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gove and 11 more | 91 min |
| May 24, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace | 89 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.