Alert archive / Arkansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1060
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2004, 4:49 PM CDT for 28 counties in Arkansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma; Bowie County, Lamar County, Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2004, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2004, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties
Clark County, AR, Cleveland County, AR, Conway County, AR, Dallas County, AR, Faulkner County, AR, Garland County, AR, Grant County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Jefferson County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Lonoke County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Nevada County, AR, Ouachita County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Pope County, AR, Pulaski County, AR, Saline County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Johnston County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Red River County, TX
The radar
The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Faulkner, Greene and 20 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Cleburne, Conway and 26 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crawford, Franklin, Sebastian, Washington | 115 min |
| Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway and 37 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Craighead, Crittenden, Cross, Lee, Mississippi, Phillips and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 9:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Grant, Harper, Woods | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 11:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Dewey and 27 more | 85 min |
| Jun 2, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 25 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cimarron | 3 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 23 more | 4 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Greer, Harper and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 16 more | 60 min |
| Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Newton | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 38 more | 116 min |
| Jun 2, 11:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Brazoria and 39 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Briscoe, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 21 more | 116 min |
| Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Callahan, Camp and 48 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 6:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 23 more | 67 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004
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.