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Mesoscale Discussion 1322

June 17, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2004, 6:38 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2004, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 88 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 48 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 676 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 157 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
676 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1788 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
6.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 7:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Prowers30 min
Jun 18, 3:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Crowley, Custer and 27 more60 min
Jun 17, 7:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 23 more5 hr
Jun 17, 8:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney, Ford and 17 more54 min
Jun 17, 10:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Comanche, Cowley and 21 more91 min
Jun 17, 10:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman and 6 more4 hr
Jun 18, 12:29 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Coffey and 19 more91 min
Jun 18, 1:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 3 more2 hr
Jun 18, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 5 more7 hr
Jun 18, 5:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 7 more59 min
Jun 17, 8:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 15 more26 min
Jun 17, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 more5 hr
Jun 18, 9:49 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 23 more116 min
Jun 18, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas7 hr
Jun 18, 2:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 26 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.