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Mesoscale Discussion 1022

June 2, 20126 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2012, 4:57 PM MDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2012, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Logan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny 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, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 259 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 2012-06-02Temperature 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 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 2012-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
2005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 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 2, 1:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 2 more97 min
Jun 2, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Elbert and 12 more7 hr
Jun 2, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 31 more6 hr
Jun 1, 8:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJackson60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.