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Mesoscale Discussion 793

June 19, 201830 counties in Colorado

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2018, 1:54 PM MDT for 30 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2018, 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2018, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Cheyenne County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Kit Carson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Otero County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Teller County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO, Yuma County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2018-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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 2018-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
836 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 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
Jun 18, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Logan, Morgan, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Jun 18, 8:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Logan, Morgan and 2 more119 min
Jun 18, 10:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Weld2 hr
Jun 18, 10:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCYuma3 hr
Jun 19, 11:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Broomfield, Cheyenne and 19 more117 min
Jun 19, 12:25 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 24 more7 hr
Jun 19, 4:28 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSedgwick2 hr

Nearby

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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.