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Mesoscale Discussion 711

May 24, 202038 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2020, 5:14 PM CDT for 38 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2020, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2020, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...severe thunderstorm watch likely
Chance of a watch
95%
All 46 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Smith County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Adams County, NE, Clay County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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 2020-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 12:00Z on 2020-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -78 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-490 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1835 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 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
May 23, 8:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 9 more2 hr
May 24, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Douglas and 18 more92 min
May 24, 1:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Doniphan, Jackson, Jefferson and 8 more6 hr
May 24, 2:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEdwards, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell and 9 more2 hr
May 24, 2:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreeley, Hamilton, Stanton2 hr
May 24, 3:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSeward83 min
May 24, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Ellsworth and 29 more6 hr
May 23, 7:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Custer, Dawson and 13 more97 min
May 23, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Blaine, Brown, Chase, Cherry, Custer and 16 more5 hr
May 23, 11:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Brown, Custer, Dawson, Lincoln, Logan and 4 more2 hr
May 23, 11:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Boyd, Burt, Butler, Cass and 30 more6 hr
May 24, 1:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Greeley, Nance, Valley, Wheeler55 min
May 24, 4:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Otoe62 min
May 24, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCass, Otoe4 hr
May 24, 3:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Douglas, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Richardson and 2 more95 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.