Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004

Mesoscale Discussion 888

May 25, 200435 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT for 35 counties in Kansas; 12 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2004, 12:00 AM CDT (05:00 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2004, 1:30 AM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Linn County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Miami County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barton County, MO, Bates County, MO, Cass County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Dade County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:01 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3762 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, Topeka, KS at 00:00Z on 2004-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 253 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
3762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1037 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
327 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
6.4
Supercell composite
25.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more90 min
May 24, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham and 10 more87 min
May 24, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Barton, Bourbon, Butler and 47 more6 hr
May 25, 2:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more118 min
May 24, 10:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole and 27 more64 min
May 24, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 18 more5 hr
May 24, 11:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper and 18 more90 min
May 25, 11:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cedar, Cole and 25 more93 min
May 25, 1:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more6 hr
May 25, 2:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dent, Iron and 13 more96 min
May 25, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Crawford, Dent, Howell and 14 more6 hr
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrawford, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Montgomery, Pike and 4 more89 min
May 25, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBollinger, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Cole, Crawford, Dent and 23 more87 min
May 25, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamden, Cole, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade, Jefferson and 12 more56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.