Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1509
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 4, 2004, 7:12 PM CDT for 21 counties in Kansas; 9 counties in Oklahoma; 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2004, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2004, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties
Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Trego County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Norton, Phillips | 58 min |
| Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk, Ellsworth and 11 more | 54 min |
| Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 44 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Phillips, Republic, Smith | 60 min |
| Jul 4, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 30 more | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 1:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha | 89 min |
| Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more | 114 min |
| Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 4:45 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Johnson, Miami, Wyandotte | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 6:02 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho | 88 min |
| Jul 5, 12:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 3:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more | 92 min |
| Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more | 114 min |
| Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more | 54 min |
| Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 4 more | 83 min |
| Jul 5, 2:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.