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Mesoscale Discussion 1238

June 4, 2003Lea County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; Tillman County, Oklahoma; 45 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2003, 9:55 PM MDT for Lea County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; Tillman County, Oklahoma; 45 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2003, 9:55 PM MDT (03:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2003, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Tillman County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Archer County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1942 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1942 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2141 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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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, 7:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Lea, Roosevelt66 min
Jun 4, 7:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLea, Roosevelt5 hr
Jun 5, 1:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea and 4 more117 min
Jun 5, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay and 1 more6 hr
Jun 5, 4:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 8 more88 min
Jun 4, 11:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Dawson and 19 more62 min
Jun 5, 12:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Glasscock and 9 more6 hr
Jun 5, 1:22 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 13 more83 min
Jun 5, 3:40 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell, Erath and 9 more95 min
Jun 5, 5:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Limestone and 4 more4 hr
Jun 5, 8:00 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Freestone and 5 more60 min
Jun 5, 8:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 17 more5 hr
Jun 5, 11:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 15 more57 min
Jun 5, 12:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more91 min

Nearby

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