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Mesoscale Discussion 1613
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 7:39 AM CDT for 25 counties in Kansas; 6 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 2005, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2005, 8:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Barton County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Jewell County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Mitchell County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Smith County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Franklin County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Harlan County, NE, Nuckolls County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Webster County, NE
The radar
The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 142 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
- 815 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -321 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1468 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 268 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 031239 SWOMCD SPC MCD 031239 KSZ000-NEZ000-031345- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1613 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0739 AM CDT SUN JUL 03 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...FAR SRN NEB AND PARTS OF NRN/CENTRAL KS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL VALID 031239Z - 031345Z NEW WW WILL BE ISSUED SOON FOR PARTS OF FAR SRN NEB AND NRN/CENTRAL KS THIS MORNING. REGIONAL RADARS AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS INDICATED A SURFACE TRIPLE POINT OVER NWRN KS/SWRN NEB...WHERE A COLD FRONT EXTENDING FROM NERN NEB TO SWRN NEB INTERSECTED A LEE TROUGH OVER FAR ERN CO...AND AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THE WEAKENING CONVECTIVE CLUSTER OVER CENTRAL/ ERN KS. WAA ASSOCIATED WITH A 35 KT SLY LLJ IS SUPPORTING THE CURRENT STORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL KS TO SWRN NEB...WITH 35 KT OF WLY MID LEVEL FLOW AIDING IN SUFFICIENT EFFECTIVE DEEP LAYER SHEAR FOR STORM ORGANIZATION. ALTHOUGH THE LLJ IS EXPECTED TO DECREASE IN STRENGTH THIS MORNING...IT IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN STRONG ENOUGH TO RESULT IN A FAVORABLE WAA REGIME EWD ACROSS FAR SRN NEB AND PARTS OF NRN/CENTRAL KS FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO DEVELOP. MODERATE MUCAPE VALUES PER DDC 12Z SOUNDING WITH STEEP MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES INDICATED A CONTINUED THREAT FOR HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. ..PETERS.. 07/03/2005 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...TOP...ICT...GID...DDC...GLD... 38180020 38700092 40070161 40279990 40229805 38509743 38119881
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 4:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 4 more | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 3, 12:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more | 64 min |
| Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Jul 3, 1:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant and 13 more | 84 min |
| Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 34 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 5:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey and 14 more | 118 min |
| Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 3, 6:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson and 5 more | 53 min |
| Jul 3, 5:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Buffalo, Chase, Cheyenne, Dawson, Deuel, Dundy and 14 more | 113 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.