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Mesoscale Discussion 167

March 4, 20045 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 4, 2004, 1:25 PM CST for 5 states. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 4, 2004, 1:25 PM CST (19:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 4, 2004, 2:30 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Newton County, AR, Pope County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Yell County, AR, Allen County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Fannin County, TX

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:24 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 nearest sounding before it

Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2004-03-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
Mar 4, 9:28 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Sebastian, Washington62 min
Mar 4, 2:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Madison and 3 more6 hr
Mar 4, 2:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 11 more57 min
Mar 4, 3:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClark, Columbia, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 14 more6 hr
Mar 4, 4:41 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCalhoun, Clark, Columbia, Dallas, Garland, Grant and 16 more2 hr
Mar 4, 5:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Madison and 3 more118 min
Mar 4, 2:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCowley3 hr
Mar 4, 7:20 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 9 more6 hr
Mar 4, 7:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 15 more3 hr
Mar 4, 1:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 15 more94 min
Mar 4, 2:00 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 23 more5 hr
Mar 4, 5:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 24 more119 min
Mar 4, 6:55 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more6 hr
Mar 4, 9:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 8 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Grady and 7 more53 min
Mar 4, 1:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 6 more88 min
Mar 4, 2:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Creek, Garvin and 12 more88 min
Mar 3, 7:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 25 more117 min
Mar 3, 8:40 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 20 more5 hr
Mar 3, 11:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more2 hr
Mar 4, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more6 hr
Mar 4, 5:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Fisher and 23 more118 min
Mar 4, 8:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 26 more62 min
Mar 4, 10:46 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 27 more89 min
Mar 4, 11:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more5 hr
Mar 4, 11:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Colorado and 15 more113 min
Mar 4, 1:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell and 17 more63 min

Nearby

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