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Mesoscale Discussion 822

June 4, 20204 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2020, 5:23 PM CDT for 4 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2020, 5:23 PM CDT (22:23 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
40%

Counties Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Blaine County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Thomas County, NE

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 12:00Z on 2020-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 12:00Z on 2020-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 48 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-536 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2676 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 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
Jun 3, 8:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Jackson and 12 more2 hr
Jun 3, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Coffey and 22 more6 hr
Jun 3, 10:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson and 25 more2 hr
Jun 4, 12:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 32 more96 min
Jun 4, 2:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 4 more5 hr
Jun 4, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Linn, Neosho and 2 more88 min
Jun 4, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd, Brown, Cherry, Keya Paha, Rock95 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKeya Paha95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.