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Mesoscale Discussion 1052

June 1, 20115 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2011, 1:24 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 1:24 PM MDT (19:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1745 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, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 256 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
1745 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
11.8

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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 1, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more7 hr
Jun 1, 5:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more53 min
Jun 1, 12:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chase, Cherokee, Clay and 29 more2 hr
Jun 1, 3:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCloud, Decatur, Graham, Jewell, Mitchell, Norton and 6 more34 min
Jun 1, 3:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBarton, Chase, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Ellis and 23 more7 hr
May 31, 6:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt60 min
May 31, 8:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea, Roosevelt56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.