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Mesoscale Discussion 1224

June 3, 20035 counties in New Mexico; 63 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2003, 6:50 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico; 63 counties in Texas. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2003, 6:50 PM MDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2003, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Curry County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lea County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 317 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 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3503 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 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -56 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
3503 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-1.6

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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
Jun 4, 12:34 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCUnion116 min
Jun 4, 11:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 6 more2 hr
Jun 4, 11:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more6 hr
Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay and 3 more6 hr
Jun 4, 2:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more93 min
Jun 4, 5:31 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay and 3 more89 min
Jun 3, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 38 more6 hr
Jun 3, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more3 hr
Jun 3, 10:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 35 more113 min
Jun 3, 11:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson and 23 more5 hr
Jun 4, 1:52 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Colorado, DeWitt and 12 more83 min

Nearby

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.