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Mesoscale Discussion 1434

June 20, 200313 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 20, 2003, 5:04 PM MDT for 13 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2003, 5:04 PM MDT (23:04 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lea County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Taos County, NM, Union County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2003-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 92 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2003-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 166 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
92 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-216 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1827 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
166 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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 20, 11:14 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding and 7 more2 hr
Jun 20, 12:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 11 more8 hr
Jun 20, 2:21 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 4 more114 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.