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Mesoscale Discussion 944
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2019, 10:57 AM MDT for 23 counties in Colorado; Laramie County, Wyoming. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 2019, 10:57 AM MDT (16:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2019, 1:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 24 counties
Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Park County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Weld County, CO, Laramie County, WY
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -373 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1730 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 12:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield and 20 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Arapahoe, Bent, Boulder, Broomfield, Crowley and 13 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Morgan and 5 more | 66 min |
| Jun 2, 5:46 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Goshen, Laramie, Niobrara, Platte | 89 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Wyoming, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019
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.