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Mesoscale Discussion 1226

June 12, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2004, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2004, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 106 counties

Adair County, IA, Adams County, IA, Audubon County, IA, Boone County, IA, Buena Vista County, IA, Calhoun County, IA, Carroll County, IA, Cass County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Crawford County, IA, Dallas County, IA, Fremont County, IA, Greene County, IA, Guthrie County, IA, Hamilton County, IA, Hardin County, IA, Harrison County, IA, Ida County, IA, Madison County, IA, Mills County, IA, Monona County, IA, Montgomery County, IA, Page County, IA, Plymouth County, IA, Pocahontas County, IA, Polk County, IA, Pottawattamie County, IA, Ringgold County, IA, Sac County, IA, Shelby County, IA, Story County, IA, Taylor County, IA, Union County, IA, Webster County, IA, Woodbury County, IA, Atchison County, KS, Barton County, KS, Brown County, KS, Chase County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Geary County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, Marshall County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morris County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pottawatomie County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Wabaunsee County, KS, Washington County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Atchison County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Holt County, MO, Nodaway County, MO, Worth County, MO, Burt County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cass County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dakota County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Dodge County, NE, Douglas County, NE, Fillmore County, NE, Gage County, NE, Jefferson County, NE, Johnson County, NE, Lancaster County, NE, Nemaha County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Otoe County, NE, Pawnee County, NE, Polk County, NE, Richardson County, NE, Saline County, NE, Sarpy County, NE, Saunders County, NE, Seward County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Thayer County, NE, Thurston County, NE, Washington County, NE, York County, NE

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 44 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 232 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, Omaha, NE at 12:00Z on 2004-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 13 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
232 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-305 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 11, 7:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllamakee, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Calhoun and 26 more93 min
Jun 11, 9:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Benton, Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler and 44 more4 hr
Jun 12, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Adams, Audubon, Boone, Buena Vista, Calhoun and 31 more7 hr
Jun 12, 12:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudubon, Cass, Crawford, Fremont, Harrison, Mills and 4 more92 min
Jun 12, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAppanoose, Benton, Boone, Cedar, Clarke, Clinton and 33 more5 hr
Jun 11, 7:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Chase, Coffey, Doniphan and 16 more2 hr
Jun 11, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeavenworth, Wyandotte116 min
Jun 12, 2:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 6 more87 min
Jun 12, 10:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Chase and 28 more2 hr
Jun 12, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey, Cowley, Elk and 13 more2 hr
Jun 12, 1:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Jackson, Jewell and 16 more2 hr
Jun 12, 2:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood and 9 more8 hr
Jun 12, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Neosho6 hr
Jun 12, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Franklin and 6 more84 min
Jun 12, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Coffey, Comanche, Cowley and 10 more83 min
Jun 12, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay and 36 more5 hr
Jun 12, 11:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarry, Butler, Carter, Dunklin, Howell, McDonald and 9 more2 hr
Jun 12, 1:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDunklin, New Madrid, Pemiscot5 hr
Jun 12, 3:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDunklin, Pemiscot2 hr
Jun 12, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Mississippi, Perry, Sainte Genevieve, Scott84 min
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott5 hr
Jun 12, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCape Girardeau, Mississippi, Scott37 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Iowa, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.