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Mesoscale Discussion 1130

June 2, 200516 counties in Colorado; 54 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2005, 6:59 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado; 54 counties in Kansas; 7 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2005, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2005, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 77 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Butler County, KS, Cheyenne County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Dickinson County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Ellis County, KS, Ellsworth 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, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Lincoln County, KS, Logan County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Osborne County, KS, Ottawa County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rice County, KS, Rooks County, KS, Rush County, KS, Russell County, KS, Saline County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Noble County, OK, Payne County, OK, Woods County, OK

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 233 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 22 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 230 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
22 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-209 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
705 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 2, 7:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, El Paso, Kiowa, Kit Carson and 2 more3 hr
Jun 2, 10:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Pueblo29 min
Jun 3, 11:40 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Custer and 11 more2 hr
Jun 2, 9:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDecatur, Ellis, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Lincoln and 13 more6 hr
Jun 3, 1:13 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis, Ellsworth and 19 more92 min
Jun 3, 5:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarper, Sumner90 min
Jun 3, 9:19 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley, Harper and 4 more116 min
Jun 3, 11:21 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Barber, Butler, Chase, Chautauqua, Cherokee and 21 more54 min
Jun 3, 3:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford, Elk, Labette and 3 more2 hr
Jun 3, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barton, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 27 more4 hr
Jun 3, 5:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell, Hodgeman and 5 more96 min
Jun 2, 10:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCHarmon7 hr
Jun 3, 6:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 29 more7 hr
Jun 3, 10:58 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 12:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more5 hr
Jun 3, 2:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady, Jackson and 5 more2 hr
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 11 more58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.