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Mesoscale Discussion 959
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2013, 6:35 PM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado; 24 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 2013, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2013, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties
Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Decatur County, KS, 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, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Seward County, KS, Sheridan County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 177 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2035 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 125 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 8:18 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Prowers | 87 min |
| Jun 4, 8:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 4, 10:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Barton, Butler, Chase, Clark, Comanche and 29 more | 66 min |
| Jun 5, 1:36 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cowley, Harper, Sedgwick, Sumner | 84 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.