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Mesoscale Discussion 1584

July 1, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 328 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 30, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Prowers118 min
Jul 1, 12:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma118 min
Jul 1, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more7 hr
Jul 1, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Las Animas2 hr
Jul 1, 5:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers91 min
Jun 30, 6:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 2 more83 min
Jun 30, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 14 more8 hr
Jun 30, 9:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Cherokee and 11 more93 min
Jul 1, 12:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 19 more33 min
Jul 1, 12:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery7 hr
Jul 1, 1:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCowley, Harper, Sumner7 hr
Jul 1, 2:24 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Cowley, Harper, Sumner96 min
Jul 1, 3:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery57 min
Jul 1, 4:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 16 more28 min
Jul 1, 4:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 26 more8 hr
Jul 1, 6:31 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Coal, Creek, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes and 16 more59 min
Jul 1, 8:55 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha65 min
Jul 1, 11:10 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Brown, Camp, Cherokee, Comanche and 32 more2 hr
Jul 1, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Ector, Gaines and 7 more7 hr
Jul 1, 5:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Castro, Coke and 33 more83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.