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Mesoscale Discussion 1699

July 15, 200429 counties in Nebraska; 9 counties in South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 15, 2004, 7:53 PM CDT for 29 counties in Nebraska; 9 counties in South Dakota. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 2004, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2004, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Antelope County, NE, Boone County, NE, Boyd County, NE, Buffalo County, NE, Butler County, NE, Cedar County, NE, Colfax County, NE, Cuming County, NE, Dixon County, NE, Garfield County, NE, Greeley County, NE, Hall County, NE, Hamilton County, NE, Holt County, NE, Howard County, NE, Knox County, NE, Madison County, NE, Merrick County, NE, Nance County, NE, Pierce County, NE, Platte County, NE, Polk County, NE, Seward County, NE, Sherman County, NE, Stanton County, NE, Valley County, NE, Wayne County, NE, Wheeler County, NE, York County, NE, Bon Homme County, SD, Charles Mix County, SD, Clay County, SD, Douglas County, SD, Hutchinson County, SD, Lincoln County, SD, Turner County, SD, Union County, SD, Yankton County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2128 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, Omaha, NE at 00:00Z on 2004-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
983 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
10.6

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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 15, 10:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChase, Dundy, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper and 7 more90 min
Jul 15, 11:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Johnson, Lancaster and 7 more86 min
Jul 16, 3:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCRichardson117 min
Jul 15, 9:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Codington, Day, Deuel, Grant, Hamlin and 2 more89 min

Nearby

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