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Mesoscale Discussion 892
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2016, 1:13 AM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2016, 1:13 AM CDT (06:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2016, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 5%
Counties Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 62 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
- 425 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1951 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted.
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ACUS11 KWNS 130614
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 130613
KSZ000-130745-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0892
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0113 AM CDT MON JUN 13 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTHWEST KS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 130613Z - 130745Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT
SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE WIND GUSTS MAY OCCUR DURING THE NEXT
COUPLE HOURS...BUT OVERALL RISK SHOULD DIMINISH THIS MORNING.
DISCUSSION...SHORT QLCS FROM LOGAN TO KEARNY COUNTIES HAS
ACCELERATED IN FORWARD SPEED UP TO 35 KT AS IR CLOUD TOPS HAVE
COOLED. THE LINE HAS PRODUCED MEASURED WIND GUSTS OF 50 KT IN
WICHITA COUNTY AT 0558Z AND 49 KT AT K3K3 IN HAMILTON COUNTY AT
0542Z. THIS ACTIVITY WILL PROBABLY MERGE WITH A SLOWER-MOVING
CLUSTER CENTERED AROUND THE GARDEN CITY AREA AND MAY TEND TO DEVELOP
SOUTH-SOUTHEAST TOWARDS THE INSTABILITY AXIS ACROSS THE OK/TX
PANHANDLES. UNTIL THESE PROCESSES OCCUR...THE RISK FOR ISOLATED
SEVERE WIND GUSTS SHOULD PERSIST THROUGH ABOUT 08Z.
..GRAMS/HART.. 06/13/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...
LAT...LON 38780105 38800037 38359994 37719986 37299983 37080020
37060080 37460134 38040136 38780105SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 13, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Greeley, Hamilton, Morton, Sherman, Stanton, Wallace | 89 min |
| Jun 13, 6:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Lane, Meade | 88 min |
| Jun 13, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more | 6 hr |
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.