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Mesoscale Discussion 892

June 9, 20204 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2020, 6:43 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2020, 6:43 PM CDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2020, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 273
All 33 counties

Fremont County, IA, Mills County, IA, Page County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Brown County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Marshall County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Washington County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Platte County, MO, Worth County, MO, Cass County, NE, 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, Sarpy County, NE

The radar

The Topeka radar (KTWX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2020-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 384 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2020-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-304 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 9, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFremont, Mills7 hr
Jun 9, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Ottawa, Republic and 2 more87 min
Jun 8, 7:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Custer, Logan, Loup, Rock59 min
Jun 8, 9:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawes and 9 more119 min
Jun 8, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Keya Paha, Lincoln, Logan and 3 more2 hr
Jun 9, 12:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Chase, Cherry and 23 more89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.