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Mesoscale Discussion 1047
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2017, 5:58 PM CDT for 60 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2017, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties
Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Clay County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Geary County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lane County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Rush County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Vernon County, MO
The radar
The Wichita radar (KICT), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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, 3:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Clay and 55 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Doniphan | 6 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.