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Mesoscale Discussion 2203

September 14, 200513 counties in Colorado; 21 counties in Kansas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 14, 2005, 3:40 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 21 counties in Kansas; Cimarron County, Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2005, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Ness County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 2005-09-14Temperature 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 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 2005-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1438 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
143 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
Sep 13, 6:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey and 13 more2 hr
Sep 13, 8:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery7 hr
Sep 14, 6:51 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Chautauqua, Cowley, Harper, Labette, Montgomery and 1 more54 min
Sep 13, 8:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more87 min
Sep 14, 12:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 9 more55 min
Sep 14, 1:15 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes, Okmulgee and 2 more60 min
Sep 14, 2:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 29 more6 hr
Sep 14, 12:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 12 more97 min
Sep 14, 1:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha93 min
Sep 14, 2:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more7 hr
Sep 14, 4:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 25 more118 min
Sep 14, 5:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more92 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.