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Mesoscale Discussion 793

May 14, 200717 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Nebraska; Laramie County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2007, 2:24 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado; 6 counties in Nebraska; Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2007, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2007, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Deuel County, NE, Garden County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2007-05-14Temperature 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 2007-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
2870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 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
May 14, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 20 more7 hr
May 14, 2:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Burt, Butler, Clay, Colfax, Cuming and 20 more84 min
May 14, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Dodge and 20 more7 hr

Nearby

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