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August 11, 200415 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 11, 2004, 1:41 PM MDT for 15 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 2004, 1:41 PM MDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2004, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Mora County, NM, Otero County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 2004-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2004-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-421 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
244 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
Aug 11, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 7 more5 hr
Aug 11, 5:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Mora and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.