Alert archive / Kansas / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2004

Severe Thunderstorm Watch 556

July 4, 200450 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 4, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT for 50 counties in Kansas; 15 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 4, 2004, 9:40 PM CDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2004, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 65 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Ford County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Gove County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Labette County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lyon County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Morris County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osage County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Craig County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Warnings issued inside it

30 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningGLDGove47 min
Jul 4, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper, Kingman61 min
Jul 4, 9:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCTrego54 min
Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTReno50 min
Jul 4, 10:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTRussell38 min
Jul 4, 10:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTMcPherson63 min
Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCEllis46 min
Jul 4, 10:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarvey61 min
Jul 4, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDDCMeade80 min
Jul 4, 10:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSaline58 min
Jul 4, 10:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTOPCloud, Dickinson, Ottawa64 min
Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick55 min
Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler53 min
Jul 5, 12:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChase59 min
Jul 5, 1:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTKingman59 min
Jul 5, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTHarper65 min
Jul 5, 1:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSedgwick61 min
Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTSumner54 min
Jul 5, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNAlfalfa, Grant49 min
Jul 5, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTButler62 min
Jul 5, 2:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNHarper, Woodward41 min
Jul 5, 2:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTCowley62 min
Jul 5, 2:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNGrant, Kay61 min
Jul 5, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNWoods, Woodward61 min
Jul 5, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningTSAOsage76 min
Jul 5, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTGreenwood70 min
Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTElk80 min
Jul 5, 3:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTChautauqua73 min
Jul 5, 3:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningICTWilson, Woodson78 min
Jul 5, 3:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningOUNKay, Noble47 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2449 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Dodge City, at 00:00Z on 2004-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
2449 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2137 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.4

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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 4, 7:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton, Phillips58 min
Jul 4, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 15 more2 hr
Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCloud, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton, Osborne and 5 more7 hr
Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chase, Cowley, Dickinson, Elk, Ellsworth and 11 more54 min
Jul 4, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Jewell, Mitchell, Phillips, Republic, Smith60 min
Jul 4, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Clay, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha, Pottawatomie and 3 more5 hr
Jul 4, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 30 more55 min
Jul 5, 1:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Jackson, Marshall, Nemaha89 min
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more5 hr
Jul 5, 2:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 20 more114 min
Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 10 more6 hr
Jul 5, 4:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJohnson, Miami, Wyandotte2 hr
Jul 5, 6:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho88 min
Jul 5, 12:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas2 hr
Jul 5, 2:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more6 hr
Jul 5, 3:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 5 more92 min
Jul 5, 4:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 20 more114 min
Jul 5, 4:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Grant, Gray, Hamilton and 7 more54 min
Jul 5, 4:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 17 more5 hr
Jul 5, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 18 more6 hr
Jul 5, 5:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins and 4 more83 min
Jul 5, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more113 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.