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Mesoscale Discussion 1123

May 25, 2003Lea County, New Mexico; 9 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2003, 6:56 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2003, 6:56 PM MDT (00:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2003, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 346 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2132 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2132 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.4

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Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.