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Mesoscale Discussion 1632

July 5, 2003Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2003, 4:06 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado; 17 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2003, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2003, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Norton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
54 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-528 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 2:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 4 more2 hr
Jul 5, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson6 hr
Jul 5, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers5 hr
Jul 4, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield and 9 more5 hr
Jul 4, 7:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 19 more62 min
Jul 4, 8:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 39 more6 hr
Jul 4, 8:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield and 9 more83 min
Jul 4, 9:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar and 28 more90 min
Jul 4, 10:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Garfield, Holt and 6 more24 min
Jul 5, 5:44 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Brown, Cherry, Garfield and 12 more2 hr
Jul 5, 11:19 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass and 30 more2 hr
Jul 5, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 47 more7 hr
Jul 5, 5:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Blaine, Boone, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 47 more93 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.