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Mesoscale Discussion 732

May 16, 201714 counties in Colorado; 5 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 16, 2017, 1:16 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado; 5 counties in Nebraska; Goshen County, Laramie County, Platte County, Wyoming. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 2017, 1:16 PM MDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2017, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 22 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Bent County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Banner County, NE, Cheyenne County, NE, Kimball County, NE, Scotts Bluff County, NE, Sioux County, NE, Goshen County, WY, Laramie County, WY, Platte County, WY

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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 nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2017-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2017-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2333 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 4:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma88 min
May 15, 6:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more56 min
May 15, 6:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBurt, Butler, Colfax, Cuming, Dodge, Madison and 9 more3 hr
May 15, 9:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBanner, Box Butte, Dawes, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sheridan and 1 more67 min
May 15, 10:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDakota, Dixon3 hr
May 16, 2:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 33 more2 hr
May 16, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Burt, Butler, Cass, Clay, Colfax and 33 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Nebraska, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.