Alert archive / Missouri / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1705
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 16, 2004, 6:28 AM CDT for 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 92 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 16, 2004, 6:28 AM CDT (11:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2004, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Camden County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Hickory County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO
The radar
The Springfield radar (KSGF), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Springfield, MO (KSGF), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 2006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 3.5
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 15, 8:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barry, Jasper, McDonald, Newton | 119 min |
| Jul 15, 11:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Atchison, Bates, Buchanan, Caldwell, Carroll and 25 more | 86 min |
| Jul 16, 3:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrew, Barton, Bates, Benton, Buchanan, Cass and 19 more | 117 min |
| Jul 16, 3:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Scotland | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Scotland | 90 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale 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.