Alert archive / Kansas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 979
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT for 7 counties in Kansas; Hayes County, Hitchcock County, Red Willow County, Nebraska. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2004, 5:53 PM CDT (22:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Decatur County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- 2494 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -64 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
625 ACUS11 KWNS 292254 SWOMCD SPC MCD 292253 KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-300000- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0979 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0553 PM CDT SAT MAY 29 2004 AREAS AFFECTED...SWRN NEB...NWRN KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 325... VALID 292253Z - 300000Z ...STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... NEAR DRY ADIABATIC LOW-MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES HAVE DEVELOPED AHEAD OF COLD FRONT ACROSS NWRN KS. LATEST SFC OBSERVATIONS INDICATE TEMPERATURES NEAR 100F SUGGESTING LOW RH BOUNDARY LAYER CONDITIONS WILL MAINTAIN DAMAGING WIND POTENTIAL AHEAD OF CONVECTION. EXPANDING PRECIPITATION SHIELD ACROSS NERN CO AND SWRN NEB MAY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PUSH TO COLD FRONT...POSSIBLY ENHANCING ALREADY STRONG WIND POTENTIAL. ..DARROW.. 05/29/2004 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...GID...LBF...GLD... 39210209 39750172 40590118 40330011 39430001 38830065 38580182
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 1:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellsworth, Graham, Jewell and 14 more | 118 min |
| May 29, 1:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Greeley, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 29, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 20 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 24 more | 7 hr |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 8 more | 6 hr |
| May 29, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| May 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Pratt, Reno and 3 more | 63 min |
| May 29, 5:16 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Republic, Washington | 59 min |
| May 28, 7:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Colfax and 20 more | 89 min |
| May 28, 9:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Boyd, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 12 more | 57 min |
| May 28, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dakota | 5 hr |
| May 29, 12:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Thurston | 93 min |
| May 29, 2:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Boyd, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Holt, Knox and 2 more | 8 hr |
| May 29, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Antelope, Boyd, Cedar, Dakota, Dixon, Holt and 3 more | 119 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.