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Mesoscale Discussion 751

May 23, 201922 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2019, 11:26 AM CDT for 22 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2019, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2019, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 28 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 72 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 2019-05-23Temperature 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 2019-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 543 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
543 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
771 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette88 min
May 22, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery8 hr
May 23, 7:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Greeley and 13 more85 min
May 23, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 8 more63 min
May 23, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 30 more8 hr
May 23, 3:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Meade, Pratt and 1 more7 hr
May 23, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Harper and 4 more87 min
May 23, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth and 16 more6 hr
May 22, 7:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, McClain, Stephens and 1 more94 min
May 22, 9:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa56 min
May 23, 12:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Osage and 5 more91 min
May 23, 1:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Ellis, Roger Mills118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.