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Mesoscale Discussion 1671

July 14, 200414 counties in Nebraska; 15 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2004, 3:53 PM MDT for 14 counties in Nebraska; 15 counties in South Dakota; 8 counties in Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2004, 3:53 PM MDT (21:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2004, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cherry County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Bennett County, SD, Butte County, SD, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Haakon County, SD, Hughes County, SD, Jackson County, SD, Jones County, SD, Lawrence County, SD, Meade County, SD, Mellette County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD, Pennington County, SD, Stanley County, SD, Todd County, SD, Campbell County, WY, Converse County, WY, Crook County, WY, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Niobrara County, WY, Platte County, WY, Weston County, WY

The radar

The Rapid City radar (KUDX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 339 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 680 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2004-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 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
680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-351 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1429 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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
Jul 13, 6:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel and 9 more90 min
Jul 13, 8:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Hooker, Sheridan, Sioux84 min
Jul 13, 10:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Boyd, Brown, Cherry, Garfield, Grant and 10 more83 min
Jul 14, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBanner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Deuel, Kimball and 3 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.