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Mesoscale Discussion 1202

July 29, 20184 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 29, 2018, 10:49 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2018, 10:49 PM MDT (04:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2018, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 80 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Texas County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray 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, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 2018-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 595 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2018-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
595 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Prowers87 min
Jul 29, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers6 hr
Jul 30, 11:17 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 7 more2 hr
Jul 29, 8:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 17 more61 min
Jul 29, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 26 more7 hr
Jul 30, 1:01 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 22 more59 min
Jul 30, 2:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Cotton and 9 more5 hr
Jul 30, 5:27 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha93 min
Jul 30, 2:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.