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Mesoscale Discussion 1097

June 16, 201313 counties in Colorado; 19 counties in Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2013, 1:28 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 19 counties in Kansas; Chase County, Dundy County, Hitchcock County, Nebraska. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 2013, 1:28 PM MDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 35 counties

Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, Finney County, KS, Gove County, KS, Graham County, KS, Gray County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Lane County, KS, Logan County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Trego County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 2013-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 117 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 2013-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-313 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 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, 12:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSedgwick85 min
Jun 16, 2:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 3 more7 hr
Jun 16, 5:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Prowers and 2 more88 min
Jun 15, 8:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 13 more65 min
Jun 15, 10:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Edwards, Ford, Gray, Harper, Harvey and 11 more53 min
Jun 16, 1:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCJewell, Mitchell, Osborne, Phillips, Rooks, Smith7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.