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Mesoscale Discussion 1663

July 5, 200519 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 5, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT for 19 counties in Kansas; Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 5, 2005, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2005, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2005-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-559 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1442 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
5 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.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 052306
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 052306 
OKZ000-KSZ000-TXZ000-COZ000-060030-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1663
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0606 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...WRN KS...OK/TX PANHANDLES

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 052306Z - 060030Z

A SEVERE TSTM WATCH MAY BE NECESSARY ACROSS PARTS OF WRN KS...AND
PERHAPS PORTIONS OF THE OK AND TX PANHANDLES...WITHIN THE HOUR.

A LOW-AMPLITUDE SHORT WAVE TROUGH CRESTING THE BROAD UPR RIDGE
ACROSS THE ROCKIES AND CNTRL HIGH PLAINS HAS AGAIN SUPPORTED
WIDESPREAD TSTM DEVELOPMENT WITHIN MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS
ACROSS ERN CO THIS EVENING. A MASS OF DEEP CONVECTION RESULTING FROM
NUMEROUS STORM MERGERS FROM WRN CHEYENNE COUNTY SWWD TO PUEBLO
COUNTY CO WILL LIKELY PRODUCE A DEEPENING COLD POOL WHICH IS
EXPECTED TO DRIFT ESEWD TOWARD KS AND THE OK/TX PANHANDLES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. MESOSCALE LIFT ALONG THE EDGE OF THE COLD POOL
COUPLED WITH LARGE SCALE ASCENT AND SUPPORTIVE DEEP LAYER FLOW FOR
FORWARD PROPAGATION WILL MAINTAIN THE CHANCE FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND
SOME HAIL WITH THIS COMPLEX. THEREFORE...A NEW WATCH WILL LIKELY BE
NEEDED SHORTLY.

..CARBIN.. 07/05/2005

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...

35800006 35810218 39340202 39259986

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 11:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stevens55 min
Jul 5, 3:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 33 more93 min
Jul 5, 2:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron8 hr
Jul 4, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Camp, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 23 more5 hr
Jul 4, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Concho, Fisher, Glasscock and 14 more6 hr
Jul 4, 9:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Fisher and 15 more114 min
Jul 4, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Hale, Hockley and 2 more67 min
Jul 4, 9:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Camp, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 22 more2 hr
Jul 5, 1:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Ector and 15 more27 min
Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more4 hr
Jul 5, 3:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more62 min

Nearby

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