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Mesoscale Discussion 1532

July 5, 200423 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2004, 7:54 PM CDT for 23 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2004, 7:54 PM CDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Allen County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Adair County, OK, Alfalfa County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2262 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, Lamont, OK at 00:00Z on 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2262 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2094 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.5

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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, 7:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Dickinson, Geary, Graham, Jewell and 15 more65 min
Jul 5, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 9 more6 hr
Jul 5, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEllis, Finney, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Hamilton and 16 more55 min
Jul 5, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 39 more6 hr
Jul 5, 11:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche and 28 more59 min
Jul 5, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Grant, Harper, Haskell and 7 more4 hr
Jul 6, 1:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Barber, Brown, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 46 more119 min
Jul 6, 2:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Coffey, Douglas and 9 more2 hr
Jul 6, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more5 hr
Jul 6, 5:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 26 more117 min
Jul 6, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 49 more5 hr
Jul 6, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Harmon2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.