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Mesoscale Discussion 1149

June 8, 2004Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Yuma County, Colorado; 28 counties in Nebraska; Gregory County, Tripp County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2004, 10:58 PM MDT for Phillips County, Sedgwick County, Yuma County, Colorado; 28 counties in Nebraska; Gregory County, Tripp County, South Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2004, 10:58 PM MDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2004, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Brown County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Garden County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Holt County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Keya Paha County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Rock County, NE, Thomas County, NE, Valley County, NE, Gregory County, SD, Tripp County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 57 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 711 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 329 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
711 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-427 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
329 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
439 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.8

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The text

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

525 
ACUS11 KWNS 090458
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 090458 
NEZ000-SDZ000-KSZ000-COZ000-090700-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1149
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1158 PM CDT TUE JUN 08 2004

AREAS AFFECTED...SWRN NEB

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 412...

VALID 090458Z - 090700Z

CONTINUE WW.

INTENSE CONVECTION PERSISTS IN SMALL CLUSTER NEAR MCCOOK...WHERE
ISENTROPIC ASCENT HAS STEEPENED ALONG LOW-LEVEL JET AXIS...ABOVE
COLD SURFACE RIDGE WHICH HAS NOSED SOUTHWARD INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS. 
ACTIVITY MAY BE ENHANCED BY FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH MID-LEVEL
TROUGH/VORTICITY CENTER AND ASSOCIATED AREA OF FOCUSED UPPER
DIVERGENCE.  UNTIL THIS FORCING WEAKENS...SLOWLY DRIFTS
NORTHEASTWARD OVERNIGHT...RISK OF STRONG UPDRAFTS WITH MARGINALLY
SEVERE HAIL WILL CONTINUE IN MODERATELY UNSTABLE...WEAKLY SHEARED
ENVIRONMENT.

..KERR.. 06/09/2004

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FSD...GID...LBF...UNR...GLD...BOU...CYS...

40090063 39750191 40070308 41430301 42090189 42790122
43460024 43469929 42699878 41779853

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick, Yuma115 min
Jun 8, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma5 hr
Jun 9, 12:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more93 min
Jun 9, 1:40 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 21 more6 hr
Jun 9, 4:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 20 more93 min
Jun 9, 12:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dawson, Dundy, Frontier, Gosper, Hayes and 3 more27 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.