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Mesoscale Discussion 2298

October 5, 2004Archuleta County, La Plata County, Mineral County, Colorado; 11 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 5, 2004, 1:48 PM MDT for Archuleta County, La Plata County, Mineral County, Colorado; 11 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 5, 2004, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Oct 5, 2004, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Archuleta County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Bernalillo County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Otero County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2004-10-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 465 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2004-10-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 179 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
465 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1157 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
179 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.1

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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
Oct 5, 1:57 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt63 min
Oct 5, 4:53 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Doña Ana, Lincoln, Otero, Roosevelt67 min
Oct 5, 9:20 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Quay, Roosevelt and 3 more115 min
Oct 5, 11:55 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCBernalillo, Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Sandoval and 4 more6 hr
Oct 5, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDoña Ana, Eddy, Lea, Otero5 hr
Oct 5, 4:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDoña Ana, Eddy, Lea, Otero90 min
Oct 5, 5:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea91 min
Oct 5, 5:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Otero4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.