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Mesoscale Discussion 1323

June 17, 2004Cheyenne County, Prowers County, Colorado; 28 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT for Cheyenne County, Prowers County, Colorado; 28 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2004, 7:15 PM MDT (01:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Cheyenne County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Barber County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:16 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2004-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 603 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 2004-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 288 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
603 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
872 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
288 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
479 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 17, 6:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more2 hr
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

Nearby

Mesoscale 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.