Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2016
Mesoscale Discussion 721
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2016, 11:37 PM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2016, 11:37 PM CDT (04:37 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2016, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Edwards County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rush County, KS, Stafford County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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
Topeka, KS (KFOE), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 316 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
867
ACUS11 KWNS 250438
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 250437
KSZ000-250630-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0721
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1137 PM CDT TUE MAY 24 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH-CENTRAL KS
CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 204...
VALID 250437Z - 250630Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 204 CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...TORNADO WATCH 204 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED
AT 05Z. HOWEVER...ISOLATED HAIL APPROACHING SEVERE-CALIBER OF 1
INCH IN DIAMETER REMAINS POSSIBLE NORTH OF AN EAST-WEST ORIENTED
CONVECTIVE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NORTHERN SUMNER COUNTY
THROUGH FAR NORTHERN HARPER AND BARBER COUNTIES TO NEAR DDC.
DISCUSSION...ISOLATED HAIL APPROACHING THE SIZE OF QUARTERS WILL
REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO...AT LEAST...THE EARLY OVERNIGHT AS A 45-KT
SOUTHERLY LOW-LEVEL JET MAINTAINS A WARM ADVECTION REGIME FOR ASCENT
WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE LARGE CENTRAL/EASTERN KS MCS.
WITH STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES PER 00Z OUN SOUNDING AND THE LLJ
MAINTAINING A FEED OF MODERATELY STRONG INSTABILITY INTO
SOUTH-CENTRAL KS...TSTMS ALONG THE SOUTHWEST FLANK OF THE MCS SHOULD
PERSIST OVERNIGHT.
..PETERS.. 05/25/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...ICT...DDC...
LAT...LON 38209966 38549932 38449847 37869845 37609849 37709908
37799933 38209966SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 6 hr |
| May 24, 7:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Ellsworth, Harper, Kingman, Reno, Rice | 30 min |
| May 24, 7:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Cloud, Cowley, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 19 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 8:26 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more | 64 min |
| May 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Bourbon and 55 more | 86 min |
| May 24, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 2:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more | 118 min |
| May 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay, Cloud and 25 more | 9 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.