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Mesoscale Discussion 1118

May 25, 20039 counties in New Mexico; 6 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2003, 3:20 PM MDT for 9 counties in New Mexico; 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2003, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Culberson County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2003-05-25Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2003-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3068 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-49 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 25, 12:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Otero95 min
May 25, 1:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more86 min
May 25, 3:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Roosevelt and 2 more6 hr
May 25, 4:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln and 3 more114 min
May 24, 7:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson and 48 more23 min
May 24, 7:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 30 more5 hr
May 24, 8:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin, Franklin and 7 more118 min
May 24, 9:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay and 26 more85 min
May 24, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Henderson, Hunt and 8 more6 hr
May 24, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collin and 30 more118 min
May 25, 12:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 32 more2 hr
May 25, 12:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 28 more6 hr
May 25, 2:42 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 10 more2 hr
May 25, 5:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConcho, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kerr, Kimble and 9 more86 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.