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Mesoscale Discussion 1622

July 3, 200520 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Missouri

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT for 20 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Missouri. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties

Allen County, KS, Anderson County, KS, Atchison County, KS, Bourbon County, KS, Brown County, KS, Coffey County, KS, Doniphan County, KS, Douglas County, KS, Franklin County, KS, Jackson County, KS, Jefferson County, KS, Johnson County, KS, Leavenworth County, KS, Linn County, KS, Miami County, KS, Nemaha County, KS, Osage County, KS, Shawnee County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Wyandotte County, KS, Andrew County, MO, Bates County, MO, Buchanan County, MO, Caldwell County, MO, Carroll County, MO, Cass County, MO, Chariton County, MO, Clay County, MO, Clinton County, MO, Daviess County, MO, DeKalb County, MO, Gentry County, MO, Henry County, MO, Jackson County, MO, Johnson County, MO, Lafayette County, MO, Livingston County, MO, Pettis County, MO, Platte County, MO, Ray County, MO, Saline County, MO, St. Clair County, MO, Vernon County, MO, Worth County, MO

The radar

The Pleasant Hill radar (KEAX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

Topeka, KS (KTOP), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 88 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 822 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, Topeka, KS at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 170 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
822 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-463 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
170 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 3, 4:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Comanche, Edwards, Harper, Kingman, Kiowa and 4 more118 min
Jul 3, 7:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Gove, Graham and 19 more66 min
Jul 3, 7:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more5 hr
Jul 3, 12:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Greeley and 15 more64 min
Jul 3, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Cheyenne, Decatur, Ellis, Ellsworth, Finney and 29 more8 hr
Jul 3, 1:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ford, Grant and 13 more84 min
Jul 3, 2:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 34 more6 hr
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more6 hr
Jul 3, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, McPherson and 5 more53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 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.