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Mesoscale Discussion 968
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 30, 2018, 7:18 PM MDT for Kit Carson County, Colorado; 18 counties in Kansas; Dundy County, Nebraska. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2018, 7:18 PM MDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2018, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Dundy County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 1742 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1867 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 7.6
The text
As transmitted.
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ACUS11 KWNS 010119
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 010118
KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-010315-
Mesoscale Discussion 0968
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0818 PM CDT Sat Jun 30 2018
Areas affected...Far northeast Colorado...northwest Kansas
Concerning...Severe Thunderstorm Watch 251...
Valid 010118Z - 010315Z
The severe weather threat for Severe Thunderstorm Watch 251
continues.
SUMMARY...Severe threat continues across WW 0251. Damaging wind
gusts are likely to be the predominant threat, though a brief
tornado or two cannot be ruled out.
DISCUSSION...An outflow dominant supercell cluster in Yuma/Kit
Carson counties Colorado is moving into Cheyenne/Sherman Counties in
Kansas, with an additional supercell ongoing in Graham County,
Kansas. These storms are progressing in an ambient environment
characterized by 1500+ J/kg and 200+ m2/s2 SRH (owing to respectable
low-level directional shear and a developing nocturnal LLJ). As the
LLJ continues to increase in strength, enhanced convergence along
the jet terminus may assist ongoing storms into growing upscale. As
such, damaging winds will be possible with these storms before they
become increasingly elevated due to a nocturnally cooled,
stabilizing boundary layer.
Any storm that can anchor to one of the outflow boundaries present
across Severe Thunderstorm Watch 0251 may produce an isolated, brief
tornado or two before becoming elevated later this evening.
..Squitieri/Gleason/Thompson.. 07/01/2018
...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...
ATTN...WFO...GID...DDC...GLD...
LAT...LON 39190281 39740266 40210177 40049968 39749918 39249913
38769912 38429933 38259986 38510062 38860165 39050262
39190281SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson and 14 more | 95 min |
| Jun 30, 10:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Geary and 14 more | 84 min |
| Jun 30, 11:48 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Burt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Dodge, Douglas and 10 more | 117 min |
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.