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Mesoscale Discussion 1246

June 16, 2011Weld County, Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2011, 1:34 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado; 7 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2011, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2011, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Weld County, CO, Banner County, NE, Box Butte County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Morrill County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 2011-06-16Temperature 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 2011-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -110 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
2399 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 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 16, 12:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Routt113 min
Jun 16, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCElbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan, Phillips and 3 more9 hr
Jun 16, 4:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Weld86 min
Jun 16, 5:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Yuma87 min
Jun 16, 5:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 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.