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Mesoscale Discussion 1595
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2003, 6:36 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado; 4 counties in Kansas; 17 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2003, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2003, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties
Kit Carson County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 111 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 707 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2462 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 322 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:11 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Osborne, Phillips, Smith | 94 min |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Norton, Osborne, Phillips and 5 more | 93 min |
| Jul 3, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 10:23 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Burt, Cedar and 16 more | 97 min |
| Jul 4, 1:51 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more | 114 min |
| Jul 4, 4:55 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Blaine, Brown, Cedar, Cherry, Garfield and 6 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003
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.