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Mesoscale Discussion 1373

July 3, 200725 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT for 25 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas; 4 counties in Nebraska. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT (00:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Perkins County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1551 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 00:00Z on 2007-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
1551 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Jul 3, 9:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more92 min
Jul 4, 2:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlamosa, Archuleta, Chaffee, Clear Creek, Conejos, Costilla and 19 more87 min
Jul 4, 12:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Barber, Barton, Butler and 55 more55 min
Jul 4, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 43 more7 hr
Jul 3, 9:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge and 8 more96 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 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.