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Mesoscale Discussion 1236

June 4, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2003, 5:31 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2003, 5:31 PM MDT (23:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Morton County, KS, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 94 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 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
94 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
674 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 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
Jun 3, 8:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano and 6 more2 hr
Jun 4, 12:34 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca116 min
Jun 4, 11:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Las Animas2 hr
Jun 4, 11:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBent, Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo6 hr
Jun 4, 2:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers and 1 more6 hr
Jun 4, 2:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBent, Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo93 min
Jun 3, 6:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Harding, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt55 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, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.