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Mesoscale Discussion 1108

May 24, 20036 counties in Oklahoma; 54 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2003, 8:22 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 54 counties in Texas. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2003, 8:22 PM CDT (01:22 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Beckham County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 89 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
89 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron35 min
May 24, 8:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more5 hr
May 24, 9:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Love, Marshall118 min
May 24, 10:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more85 min
May 24, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more118 min
May 25, 1:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Tillman2 hr
May 25, 1:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Comanche and 16 more6 hr
May 25, 3:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJefferson, Love2 hr
May 24, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt and 8 more6 hr
May 25, 1:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Gaines, Loving and 9 more95 min
May 25, 4:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCulberson, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward, Winkler85 min
May 25, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrewster, Crane, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Terrell and 2 more6 hr
May 25, 5:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Burnet, Crockett, Culberson, Falls, Houston and 18 more114 min
May 25, 6:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConcho, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kerr, Kimble and 9 more86 min

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.