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Mesoscale Discussion 908

June 8, 20146 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2014, 4:25 PM MDT for 6 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2014, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Yuma County, CO, Cheyenne County, KS, Grant County, KS, Greeley County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Logan County, KS, Morton County, KS, Rawlins County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sherman County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Thomas County, KS, Wallace County, KS, Wichita County, KS, Chase County, NE, Dundy County, NE, Hitchcock County, NE, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 430 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 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
430 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
924 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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 8, 11:31 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Crowley, Denver, Douglas and 10 more89 min
Jun 8, 12:19 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 19 more8 hr
Jun 8, 2:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 14 more53 min
Jun 7, 8:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt and 1 more85 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea92 min
Jun 8, 1:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea118 min
Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Mora and 3 more53 min
Jun 8, 1:55 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 7 more8 hr
Jun 8, 4:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCEddy, Lea8 hr
Jun 7, 6:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 14 more2 hr
Jun 7, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton and 18 more8 hr
Jun 7, 8:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 4 more2 hr
Jun 8, 9:32 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Crosby, Dawson, Fisher, Gaines and 16 more118 min
Jun 8, 12:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 10 more2 hr
Jun 8, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine and 2 more7 hr
Jun 8, 1:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector and 27 more3 hr
Jun 8, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby83 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brewster, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Hamilton and 14 more86 min

Nearby

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