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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

June 6, 2012Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado; 4 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2012, 2:58 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado; 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2012, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2012, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 281 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-06-06Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 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 6, 12:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 9 more2 hr
Jun 6, 3:01 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 4 more8 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.