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Mesoscale Discussion 1296

June 15, 200426 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2004, 10:39 PM CDT for 26 counties in Kansas; 23 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 15, 2004, 10:39 PM CDT (03:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2004, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Trego County, KS, Adams County, NE, Blaine County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Custer County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Franklin County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Kearney County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, Loup County, NE, Phelps County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Valley County, NE, Webster County, NE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:40 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1442 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 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
1442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-98 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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 15, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 12 more5 hr
Jun 15, 11:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Republic and 3 more3 hr
Jun 16, 2:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Doniphan, Marshall, Nemaha and 4 more57 min
Jun 16, 10:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Hamilton, Morton, Stanton, Stevens97 min
Jun 16, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 28 more95 min
Jun 16, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Sherman3 hr
Jun 16, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCFinney, Grant, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Kearny and 7 more7 hr
Jun 16, 6:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFinney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 11 more63 min
Jun 15, 7:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox53 min
Jun 15, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCedar, Dakota, Dixon, Knox, Pierce, Wayne60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.