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Mesoscale Discussion 976
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2005, 4:33 PM MDT for 20 counties in Colorado; 34 counties in Kansas; 20 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 2005, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2005, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties
Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Norton County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Phillips County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Arthur County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawson County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Garden County, NE, Gosper County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Keith County, NE, Lincoln County, NE, Logan County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Thomas County, NE
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 1216 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -263 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 232233 SWOMCD SPC MCD 232233 KSZ000-NEZ000-COZ000-240000- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0976 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0533 PM CDT MON MAY 23 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SWRN NEB...ERN/S-CENTRAL CO...WRN KS CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 315... VALID 232233Z - 240000Z SEVERE POTENTIAL IS EXPECTED TO EXPAND/SHIFT EWD FROM ERN PORTIONS WW 315...ASSOCIATED WITH EWD/SEWD MOTION OF ACTIVITY NOW EXTENDING IN BROKEN BAND FROM PERKINS COUNTY NEB SWWD TO CHEYENNE COUNTY CO. ADDITIONAL WW LIKELY BEFORE 23Z. MAIN THREAT E OF WW 315 WILL BE LARGE HAIL INITIALLY...WITH DAMAGING WIND ALSO POSSIBLE. SFC MESOANALYSIS SHOWS DRYLINE ALONG WRN EDGE OF THIS ACTIVITY...INTERSECTING COLD FRONT BETWEEN IML-OGA. NARROW CORRIDOR OF FAVORABLE MOISTURE AND BUOYANCY AHEAD OF DRYLINE/COLD FRONT WIDENS ACROSS WRN KS WHERE SFC DEW POINTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN UPPER 50S TO LOW 60S F. GIVEN STEEP MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES PRESENT OVER REGION...AND ANOTHER FEW HOURS OF SFC BASED BUOYANCY FROM DIABATIC HEATING...2500-3500 MLCAPES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. THIS WILL ALLOW DRYLINE TSTMS TO MOVE SEWD ACROSS MUCH OF WRN KS...SOME OF WHICH MAY EVOLVE INTO EVENING/OVERNIGHT MCS. AMBIENT LOW LEVEL SHEAR PROFILES HAVE SOME WEAKNESSES AROUND 2-3 KM AGL BASED ON VWP/PROFILER DATA AND GLD VWP...HOWEVER STORM SCALE AND BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS MAY ENHANCE SHEAR LOCALLY. ..EDWARDS.. 05/23/2005 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...ICT...GID...LBF...DDC...GLD...PUB...BOU...CYS... 37060262 37050551 41880327 41880014 41769995 41449978 41009977 40169947 39299907 38599876 37919934 37290039 37000101 37090259 41860017
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 1:08 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 7 more | 67 min |
| May 23, 2:20 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 14 more | 8 hr |
| May 22, 8:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 117 min |
| May 22, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 14 more | 6 hr |
| May 22, 10:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 14 more | 115 min |
| May 23, 1:31 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk and 14 more | 59 min |
| May 23, 2:25 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chautauqua | 8 hr |
| May 23, 5:48 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua | 87 min |
| May 23, 3:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Cherokee, Labette, Montgomery | 84 min |
| May 23, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Decatur, Finney, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray and 17 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.