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Mesoscale Discussion 1043
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2017, 3:29 PM CDT for 61 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2017, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Geary County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osage County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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 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 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 2057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -170 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.7
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson, Johnson and 6 more | 96 min |
| Jun 15, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 37 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Barber, Barton, Brown, Butler, Chase and 58 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Comanche | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 54 more | 62 min |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 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.