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Mesoscale Discussion 1276

June 10, 20055 counties in Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2005, 10:48 AM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2005, 10:48 AM CDT (15:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Beaver County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:52 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 46 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2269 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 191 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
2269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
191 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
180 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.6

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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 9, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 12 more93 min
Jun 9, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 19 more6 hr
Jun 10, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Washita3 hr
Jun 10, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 25 more86 min
Jun 10, 11:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more7 hr
Jun 10, 2:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward2 hr
Jun 10, 2:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward2 hr
Jun 10, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron6 hr
Jun 10, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more7 hr
Jun 10, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Jun 10, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Kay and 15 more113 min
Jun 10, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron56 min
Jun 10, 7:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 11 more92 min
Jun 10, 4:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Pecos, Terrell and 4 more85 min
Jun 10, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector and 23 more7 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.