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Mesoscale Discussion 1508

June 27, 20055 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2005, 3:47 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Kansas; 8 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2005, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Kit Carson County, CO, Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Frontier County, NE, Furnas County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Red Willow County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:49 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 2005-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 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 2005-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-346 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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, 6:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca2 hr
Jun 27, 2:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCWashington, Yuma119 min
Jun 27, 5:00 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma90 min
Jun 27, 11:53 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 12 more2 hr
Jun 27, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCWashington7 hr
Jun 27, 2:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBox Butte, Dawes, Garden, Grant, Morrill, Scotts Bluff and 2 more2 hr
Jun 27, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArthur, Banner, Box Butte, Cherry, Cheyenne, Dawes and 11 more7 hr
Jun 27, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.