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Mesoscale Discussion 1308

June 12, 2005Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2005, 11:35 AM CDT for Greer County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2005, 11:35 AM CDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Howard County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Scurry County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:38 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, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 149 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 2005-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 270 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 2005-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 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
270 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 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
Jun 11, 8:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 more33 min
Jun 11, 10:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 10 more64 min
Jun 12, 5:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Harper, Texas2 hr
Jun 12, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Jun 12, 9:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Jefferson, Tillman57 min
Jun 12, 10:08 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 8 more67 min
Jun 12, 12:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more10 hr
Jun 12, 12:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Kay, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee and 2 more67 min
Jun 12, 1:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCanadian, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 7 more9 hr
Jun 12, 3:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more58 min
Jun 12, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more91 min
Jun 12, 3:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas88 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek and 14 more2 hr
Jun 12, 6:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Delaware and 20 more5 hr
Jun 12, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDelaware, Mayes, Ottawa2 hr

Nearby

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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.