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Mesoscale Discussion 1553
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 7, 2004, 1:55 AM CDT for 13 counties in Oklahoma; 46 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2004, 1:55 AM CDT (06:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties
Carter County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Montague County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2453 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
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 6, 11:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon and 6 more | 87 min |
| Jul 7, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jackson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 7, 3:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Haskell, Hughes and 12 more | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 8:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro and 31 more | 88 min |
| Jul 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 34 more | 119 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.