Alert archive / Colorado / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1116
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2003, 1:04 PM MDT for 31 counties in Colorado; 7 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2003, 1:04 PM MDT (19:04 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2003, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties
Alamosa County, CO, Archuleta County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Eagle County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Park County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Routt County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Summit County, CO, Teller County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 275 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 7 more | 35 min |
| May 25, 3:50 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo | 85 min |
| May 25, 12:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero | 95 min |
| May 25, 3:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln and 3 more | 85 min |
| May 25, 3:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt and 2 more | 6 hr |
| May 25, 4:06 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln and 3 more | 114 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.