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Mesoscale Discussion 843

June 5, 20144 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2014, 6:37 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2014, 6:37 PM MDT (00:37 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2014, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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 (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 480 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
480 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1728 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 5, 10:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero116 min
Jun 6, 11:56 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 14 more2 hr
Jun 6, 12:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 20 more7 hr
Jun 6, 2:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 17 more58 min
Jun 6, 4:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma7 hr
Jun 6, 5:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln and 4 more2 hr
Jun 5, 6:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt and 1 more2 hr
Jun 6, 12:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 3 more114 min
Jun 6, 2:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more67 min
Jun 6, 2:43 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora and 4 more6 hr
Jun 6, 4:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea113 min
Jun 6, 5:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry95 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Delaware, Grant, Kay, Noble, Nowata and 3 more3 hr
Jun 5, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 15 more7 hr
Jun 6, 12:17 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 28 more88 min
Jun 6, 12:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 27 more6 hr
Jun 6, 3:05 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 39 more115 min
Jun 6, 4:47 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 13 more88 min
Jun 6, 6:02 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 30 more5 hr
Jun 6, 8:52 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain53 min
Jun 6, 9:18 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcCurtain5 hr
Jun 6, 12:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Grant, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more3 hr
Jun 6, 5:44 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.