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Mesoscale Discussion 1536

July 5, 20044 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2004, 11:31 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2004, 11:31 PM CDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Clark County, KS, Clay County, KS, Cloud County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Republic County, KS, Rice County, KS, Riley County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Washington County, KS, Jefferson County, NE, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:31 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, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2977 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 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2977 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.1

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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, 7:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more96 min
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, 11:45 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
Jul 6, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith and 14 more6 hr

Nearby

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