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Mesoscale Discussion 1155

June 4, 2005Cowley County, Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas; 21 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2005, 2:12 PM CDT for Cowley County, Harper County, Sumner County, Kansas; 21 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2005, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1635 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 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
1635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-255 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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
Jun 3, 9:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more26 min
Jun 3, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 8 more5 hr
Jun 4, 1:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more90 min
Jun 4, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Butler, Chase, Clay, Coffey and 24 more115 min
Jun 4, 1:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Rawlins7 hr
Jun 4, 2:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Barton, Brown, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 37 more9 hr
Jun 4, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cowley, Elk, Greenwood, Harper and 5 more8 hr
Jun 4, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 27 more91 min
Jun 4, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cowley, Greenwood, Harper, Kingman, Sedgwick and 1 more84 min
Jun 4, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCJefferson7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.