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Mesoscale Discussion 1576

July 1, 20056 counties in Colorado; 19 counties in Nebraska; Custer County, Fall River County, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2005, 12:17 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado; 19 counties in Nebraska; Custer County, Fall River County, Oglala Lakota County, South Dakota. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2005, 12:17 PM MDT (18:17 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Arthur County, NE, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Chase County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Dawes County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Garden County, NE, Grant County, NE, Hayes County, NE, Hooker County, NE, Keith County, NE, Kimball County, NE, McPherson County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Perkins County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sheridan County, NE, Custer County, SD, Fall River County, SD, Oglala Lakota County, SD

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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

N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE (KLBF), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, N. Platte/Lee Bi, NE at 12:00Z on 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
208 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 30, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Prowers118 min
Jul 1, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more7 hr
Jul 1, 1:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Las Animas2 hr
Jul 1, 5:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers91 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers90 min
Jul 1, 5:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCorson, Harding, Perkins88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in South Dakota, 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.