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Mesoscale Discussion 1482

June 26, 200555 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Rio Arriba County, Taos County, New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2005, 12:00 PM MDT for 55 counties in Colorado; Colfax County, Rio Arriba County, Taos County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2005, 12:00 PM MDT (18:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2005, 2:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Adams County, CO, Alamosa County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Archuleta County, CO, Bent County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Delta County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Eagle County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Lake County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Ouray County, CO, Park County, CO, Pitkin County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Routt County, CO, Saguache County, CO, San Juan County, CO, San Miguel County, CO, Summit County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Taos County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:59 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, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
29 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 26, 1:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers7 hr
Jun 26, 2:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick2 hr
Jun 26, 4:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers2 hr
Jun 26, 12:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBernalillo, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.