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Mesoscale Discussion 1369
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 14, 2014, 11:48 AM MDT for 27 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2014, 11:48 AM MDT (17:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2014, 12:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 35 counties
Adams County, CO, Alamosa County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Park County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Wichita County, KS
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:48 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 369 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1411 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Clear Creek and 19 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:56 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Johnson, Miami | 94 min |
| Jul 14, 12:10 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Anderson, Barber, Bourbon, Butler, Chase and 34 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014
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.