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Mesoscale Discussion 1041
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2006, 5:42 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 93 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2006, 5:42 PM MDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:45 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 182 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 8:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Douglas, Elbert and 9 more | 86 min |
| May 30, 10:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 96 min |
| May 30, 10:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont and 8 more | 5 hr |
| May 31, 2:32 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa and 4 more | 88 min |
| May 31, 12:58 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Crowley and 19 more | 2 hr |
| May 31, 1:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 23 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.