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Mesoscale Discussion 1301

June 27, 200720 counties in Colorado; Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 27, 2007, 3:03 PM MDT for 20 counties in Colorado; Albany County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 2007, 3:03 PM MDT (21:03 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2007, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Custer County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Weld County, CO, Albany County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 185 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 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 878 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 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
878 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-272 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
829 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
35 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, 7:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Huerfano, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers2 hr
Jun 27, 4:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCrowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.