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Mesoscale Discussion 1630

July 3, 200510 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2005, 11:25 PM CDT for 10 counties in Kansas; 35 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2005, 11:25 PM CDT (04:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2005, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Barber County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Adair County, OK, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 13 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4511 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 00:00Z on 2005-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 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
4511 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1487 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.9
Supercell composite
14.7

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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, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Elk and 6 more115 min
Jul 3, 7:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 9 more7 hr
Jul 3, 8:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 43 more31 min
Jul 3, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Butler, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Ford and 10 more4 hr
Jul 3, 8:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Brown, Coffey, Doniphan, Douglas and 13 more64 min
Jul 3, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more87 min
Jul 4, 1:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery35 min
Jul 4, 3:00 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Logan, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more2 hr
Jul 4, 4:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Clark, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 30 more63 min
Jul 4, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 18 more7 hr
Jul 4, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Finney, Gove, Grant, Gray and 14 more91 min
Jul 3, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee and 37 more8 hr
Jul 4, 2:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Craig and 26 more7 hr
Jul 4, 3:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 13 more32 min
Jul 4, 5:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 44 more63 min
Jul 4, 3:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron6 hr
Jul 4, 5:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 3 more84 min
Jul 4, 6:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Jefferson, Love, Marshall116 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.