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Mesoscale Discussion 1105

July 1, 201613 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2016, 2:25 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado; 8 counties in Kansas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2016, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 21 counties

Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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 12:00Z, 8.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2016-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2016-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 4:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016

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.