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Mesoscale Discussion 719

May 24, 201661 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2016, 9:49 PM CDT for 61 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Missouri; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2016, 9:49 PM CDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Cass County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Holt County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Platte County, MO, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Thayer County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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

Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1524 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
1524 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1159 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas6 hr
May 24, 7:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice30 min
May 24, 7:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Butler, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 19 more6 hr
May 24, 8:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more64 min
May 24, 10:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay and 24 more6 hr
May 24, 11:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Pawnee, Pratt, Rush, Stafford113 min
May 25, 2:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more118 min
May 25, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud and 25 more9 hr
May 24, 9:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherry, Sheridan58 min
May 24, 10:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Franklin, Frontier and 15 more92 min
May 24, 11:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Blaine, Buffalo, Custer, Dawson, Franklin and 17 more6 hr
May 24, 11:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitchcock, Lincoln64 min
May 25, 3:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Buffalo, Chase, Dawson, Franklin, Frontier and 8 more57 min
May 25, 2:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 16 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.