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Mesoscale Discussion 1032

June 14, 201734 counties in Kansas; 30 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2017, 3:37 PM CDT for 34 counties in Kansas; 30 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2017, 3:37 PM CDT (20:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2017, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 64 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:42 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 148 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1173 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2017-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 290 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1173 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-286 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
290 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
355 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 7:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln and 8 more87 min
Jun 13, 8:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Kiowa and 4 more65 min
Jun 13, 9:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 8 more54 min
Jun 14, 6:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bourbon, Johnson, Linn, Miami, Wyandotte64 min
Jun 14, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon2 hr
Jun 14, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.