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Mesoscale Discussion 883
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2004, 9:18 PM CDT for 16 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2004, 9:18 PM CDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Barton County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Trego County, KS
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4101 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
037 ACUS11 KWNS 250219 SWOMCD SPC MCD 250218 KSZ000-250345- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0883 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0918 PM CDT MON MAY 24 2004 AREAS AFFECTED...NW/NCNTRL KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL VALID 250218Z - 250345Z MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NEXT SEVERAL HOURS FROM NW KS INTO NCNTRL/CNTRL KS...WW IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ONGOING SEVERE TSTM CLUSTERS IN NW KS APPEAR TO OCCURRING WITHIN LOW TO MID LEVEL BAROCLINIC ZONE...WHERE ELEVATED INSTABILITY IS MAXIMIZED ALONG/BEHIND SURFACE COLD FRONT. TSTMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO SPREAD E/SE INTO ELEVATED INSTABILITY AXIS -- CENTERED ROUGHLY ALONG I-70 CORRIDOR -- WHERE MUCAPE INCREASES TO 750-1000 J/KG ACROSS NCNTRL/CNTRL KS. GIVEN ELEVATED INSTABILITY...LONG HODOGRAPHS/VERY STRONG DEEP LAYER SHEAR IN EXCESS OF 60 KTS WILL SUPPORT LARGE HAIL THREAT OVER NEXT FEW HOURS. MARGINAL/ISOLD NATURE OF ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED TO PRECLUDE WW ISSUANCE. ..GUYER.. 05/25/2004 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD... 39280089 39770066 39919987 39849915 39599812 39009789 38369845 38369958 38840075
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more | 90 min |
| May 24, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 47 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 12:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 29 more | 90 min |
| May 25, 2:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more | 118 min |
Nearby
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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.