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Mesoscale Discussion 1713

August 12, 20194 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 12, 2019, 1:15 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 2019, 1:15 AM CDT (06:15 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2019, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Fremont County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Clay County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Riley County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Holt County, MO, Platte County, MO, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Seward County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:15 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 388 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1664 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 00:00Z on 2019-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1664 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-37 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1229 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
2.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines, Henry and 21 more89 min
Aug 11, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Cheyenne, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis and 30 more2 hr
Aug 11, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCClay, Cloud, Ellis, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 14 more7 hr
Aug 11, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Ellis, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 11 more2 hr
Aug 11, 7:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 10 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.