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Mesoscale Discussion 714

May 24, 20165 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2016, 6:34 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2016, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 58 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 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 484 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 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
484 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1902 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 6:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCKit Carson, Yuma6 hr
May 25, 1:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPhillips, Sedgwick53 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.