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Mesoscale Discussion 1543

June 28, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 28, 2003, 7:09 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 2003, 7:09 PM MDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2003, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 61 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, 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, Clark County, KS, Decatur 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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Rawlins 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, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Red Willow County, NE, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Texas County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2003-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 2003-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
6 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
Jun 29, 1:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamosa, Arapahoe, Costilla, Custer, Denver, Douglas and 9 more3 hr
Jun 28, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Lane, Logan and 9 more6 hr
Jun 28, 10:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Clark, Clay, Cloud, Comanche, Decatur and 45 more54 min
Jun 29, 1:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua and 25 more59 min
Jun 29, 3:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette and 4 more2 hr
Jun 29, 12:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jones and 4 more88 min
Jun 29, 2:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Baylor, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 19 more59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.