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Mesoscale Discussion 1179

June 3, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2008, 12:53 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2008, 12:53 PM MDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2008, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Morton County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Cimarron County, OK

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 2008-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 611 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2008-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -72 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
611 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.2
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
Jun 2, 7:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 2 more6 hr
Jun 2, 10:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Elbert, Morgan, Washington87 min
Jun 3, 1:09 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Elbert, Kit Carson, Lincoln96 min
Jun 3, 1:28 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert, Kiowa and 4 more3 hr
Jun 3, 4:01 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson59 min
Jun 3, 1:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more6 hr
Jun 3, 3:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 15 more63 min
Jun 3, 5:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Elbert, Kiowa and 10 more60 min
Jun 2, 9:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Dickinson, Douglas, Ellsworth, Geary, Jackson and 12 more87 min
Jun 3, 1:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtchison, Brown, Chase, Dickinson, Doniphan, Douglas and 20 more117 min
Jun 3, 2:40 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAtchison, Doniphan, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Wyandotte7 hr
Jun 3, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Ford, Grant, Gray and 8 more5 hr
Jun 3, 5:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 9 more54 min
Jun 2, 9:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoyd118 min
Jun 3, 12:57 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAntelope, Boone, Burt, Cedar, Colfax, Cuming and 11 more3 hr
Jun 3, 3:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Cass, Colfax, Cuming, Dakota and 16 more2 hr
Jun 3, 3:33 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Cass, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson, Johnson and 9 more7 hr
Jun 3, 5:49 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNemaha86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.