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Mesoscale Discussion 1107

May 24, 200313 counties in Colorado; Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2003, 7:10 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; Morton County, Stanton County, Kansas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2003, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Cimarron County, OK

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 226 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 861 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 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
861 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1555 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 25, 1:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamosa, Archuleta, Boulder, Broomfield, Chaffee, Clear Creek and 25 more86 min
May 25, 3:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo85 min
May 24, 7:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman23 min
May 24, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more5 hr
May 24, 8:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Love, Marshall118 min
May 24, 9:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more85 min
May 24, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more118 min
May 25, 12:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Tillman2 hr
May 25, 12:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Comanche and 16 more6 hr
May 25, 2:42 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Love2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.