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Mesoscale Discussion 1680

October 1, 201716 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 1, 2017, 6:40 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas; 25 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 1, 2017, 6:40 PM CDT (23:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 2017, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 490
All 41 counties

Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Adams County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Chase County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hall County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Howard County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 280 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2017-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-150 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1058 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Lane, Logan and 10 more66 min
Oct 1, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 16 more8 hr
Oct 1, 6:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Antelope, Boone, Clay, Fillmore, Garfield and 18 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.