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Mesoscale Discussion 1106

June 5, 2004Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; Choctaw County, McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; Choctaw County, McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2004, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Choctaw County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Marion County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Panola County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Shreveport radar (KSHV), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 646 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2004-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
933 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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
Jun 4, 8:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper116 min
Jun 5, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Texas116 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper and 4 more6 hr
Jun 5, 5:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas87 min
Jun 4, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman and 22 more4 hr
Jun 4, 9:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Burnet, Coryell, Lampasas, Williamson115 min
Jun 4, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 18 more2 hr
Jun 5, 11:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 3 more3 hr
Jun 5, 3:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 17 more6 hr
Jun 5, 3:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Fisher and 14 more2 hr
Jun 5, 4:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun and 17 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.