Alert archive / Colorado / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 1073
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2004, 1:48 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 117 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 3, 2004, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 2004, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson 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, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 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 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -546 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:05 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 3, 5:05 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa and 11 more | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 3:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Hooker, Sheridan, Sioux | 91 min |
| Jun 3, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Arthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Dawes, Garden and 7 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004
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.