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Mesoscale Discussion 1132

June 2, 2005Lea County, New Mexico; 32 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2005, 10:14 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2005, 10:14 PM MDT (04:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2005, 11:45 PM MDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1625 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 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1625 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2374 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 2, 8:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCLea7 hr
Jun 2, 6:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland and 6 more94 min
Jun 2, 10:35 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more7 hr
Jun 3, 2:16 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Cochran, Coke and 36 more89 min
Jun 3, 2:55 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crockett, Dickens and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 5:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFoard, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger90 min
Jun 3, 6:05 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Foard, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger7 hr
Jun 3, 7:57 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burleson and 20 more63 min
Jun 3, 10:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burnet and 52 more8 hr
Jun 3, 10:58 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 13 more2 hr
Jun 3, 12:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 22 more116 min
Jun 3, 12:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Montague, Wichita and 1 more5 hr
Jun 3, 2:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Haskell, Jack and 6 more2 hr
Jun 3, 4:13 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 23 more92 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger58 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.