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Mesoscale Discussion 1376

June 13, 20036 counties in New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2003, 4:13 PM MDT for 6 counties in New Mexico; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2003, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2003, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:14 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1071 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-199 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2165 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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 13, 1:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt and 2 more95 min
Jun 13, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHarding, Quay, Union5 hr
Jun 13, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCurry, De Baca, Lea, Roosevelt5 hr
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Childress and 29 more92 min
Jun 12, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more5 hr
Jun 12, 8:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more54 min
Jun 12, 11:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 20 more88 min
Jun 13, 12:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 18 more5 hr
Jun 13, 4:11 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Hardeman and 7 more64 min
Jun 13, 9:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch, Menard and 3 more94 min
Jun 13, 11:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 31 more6 hr
Jun 13, 11:16 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler119 min
Jun 13, 1:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 14 more54 min
Jun 13, 1:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 20 more2 hr
Jun 13, 2:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 40 more5 hr
Jun 13, 2:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more85 min
Jun 13, 3:54 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 42 more96 min
Jun 13, 5:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 15 more5 hr

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.