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Mesoscale Discussion 1517

July 5, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2004, 6:02 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2004, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Benton County, AR, Boone County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Benton County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Cole County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Dent County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Henry County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, Maries County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Miller County, MO, Moniteau County, MO, Morgan County, MO, Newton County, MO, Oregon County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Phelps County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Shannon County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Springfield radar (KSGF), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 66 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 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, Springfield, MO at 00:00Z on 2004-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1232 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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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
Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Marion6 hr
Jul 4, 7:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton, Phillips58 min
Jul 4, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more2 hr
Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more7 hr
Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk, Ellsworth and 11 more54 min
Jul 4, 9:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase and 44 more6 hr
Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Phillips, Republic, Smith60 min
Jul 4, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 3 more5 hr
Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 30 more55 min
Jul 5, 1:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha89 min
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more5 hr
Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more114 min
Jul 5, 4:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte2 hr
Jul 5, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas2 hr
Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more6 hr
Jul 5, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more92 min
Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more114 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more54 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more5 hr
Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 18 more6 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 4 more83 min
Jul 5, 6:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 19 more4 hr
Jul 5, 9:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, Saint Charles, Saint Louis and 2 more63 min
Jul 5, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Macon, Marion and 6 more60 min
Jul 5, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Barton, Bates, Benton, Boone, Callaway and 46 more6 hr
Jul 5, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.