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Mesoscale Discussion 1107

June 5, 200415 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT for 15 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2004, 5:48 PM CDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2004, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ford County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Meade County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2004-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 408 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2004-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
408 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-382 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
995 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
171 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 DiscussionSPCBarton, Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards and 30 more116 min
Jun 5, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Ford, Meade, Seward116 min
Jun 5, 2:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEllis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips and 3 more95 min
Jun 5, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 29 more6 hr
Jun 5, 5:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, McCurtain60 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 Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.