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Mesoscale Discussion 384

April 19, 2004Lea County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 56 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 19, 2004, 4:18 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 56 counties in Texas. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 19, 2004, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 19, 2004, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 60 counties

Lea County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2004-04-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 420 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 2004-04-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 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
420 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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
Apr 19, 1:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea, Roosevelt118 min
Apr 19, 3:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCLea5 hr
Apr 19, 2:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale 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.