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Mesoscale Discussion 893

June 4, 20158 counties in Colorado; Kimball County, Nebraska; Laramie County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2015, 8:20 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado; Kimball County, Nebraska; Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2015, 8:20 PM MDT (02:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2015, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Weld County, CO, Kimball County, NE, Laramie County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:23 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 2015-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 945 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 2015-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -49 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
945 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-49 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2145 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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 4, 6:06 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma5 hr
Jun 4, 7:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Crowley, El Paso, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo2 hr
Jun 5, 12:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Broomfield, Crowley, Denver and 14 more86 min
Jun 5, 1:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 18 more6 hr
Jun 5, 4:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Yuma53 min
Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma7 hr
Jun 5, 5:59 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson61 min
Jun 4, 7:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Butler, Clay, Fillmore, Hall, Hamilton and 7 more65 min
Jun 4, 10:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFranklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Kearney and 2 more61 min
Jun 5, 4:08 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBig Horn, Campbell, Converse, Crook, Hot Springs, Johnson and 5 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.