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Mesoscale Discussion 1625

July 3, 200511 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2005, 6:07 PM CDT (23:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Butler County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 586 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
586 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-405 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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, 5:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Coffey and 14 more118 min
Jul 3, 5:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 12 more6 hr

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.