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Mesoscale Discussion 1267

June 9, 2005Beckham County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 9, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT for Beckham County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 9, 2005, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2005, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Beckham County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 2005-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3146 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 2005-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 119 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3146 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-142 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
840 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.1

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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 8, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Grant, Kay, Major, Woods94 min
Jun 9, 11:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Custer, Dewey and 13 more114 min
Jun 9, 12:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 22 more5 hr
Jun 9, 1:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Woodward2 hr
Jun 9, 2:10 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more9 hr
Jun 9, 3:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cleveland, Creek, Grady, Hughes, Lincoln and 8 more2 hr
Jun 9, 3:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Harmon8 hr
Jun 9, 4:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 12 more27 min
Jun 9, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 17 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.