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Mesoscale Discussion 1088

May 23, 200311 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2003, 4:54 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2003, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2003-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-367 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1770 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 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
May 23, 11:41 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrowley, Elbert, El Paso, Las Animas, Lincoln, Otero and 1 more3 hr
May 23, 1:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 4 more2 hr
May 23, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more5 hr
May 23, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Elbert, El Paso and 5 more5 hr
May 23, 4:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more88 min

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.