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Mesoscale Discussion 43

January 14, 20178 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 14, 2017, 9:30 AM CST for 8 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 14, 2017, 9:30 AM CST (15:30 UTC)
Expired
Jan 14, 2017, 1:30 PM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Ford County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:27 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 nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-01-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2017-01-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 14, 1:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 4 more4 hr
Jan 13, 10:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 21 more5 hr
Jan 14, 5:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Logan, Ottawa, Pawnee, Payne, Rogers3 hr
Jan 14, 3:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEl Paso, Hudspeth2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2017Mesoscale 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.