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Mesoscale Discussion 1577

July 1, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2005, 1:44 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2005, 1:44 PM MDT (19:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2005, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 405 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 2005-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 163 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 2005-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
163 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-655 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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 30, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Prowers118 min
Jul 1, 12:17 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLogan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington, Yuma118 min
Jul 1, 1:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more7 hr
Jul 1, 5:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kiowa, Prowers91 min
Jul 1, 5:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Prowers90 min
Jul 1, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt7 hr
Jun 30, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraig, Nowata, Ottawa8 hr
Jun 30, 9:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Ottawa93 min
Jul 1, 12:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 27 more33 min
Jul 1, 12:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more7 hr
Jul 1, 1:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer and 16 more7 hr
Jul 1, 2:24 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 16 more96 min
Jul 1, 3:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata and 6 more57 min
Jul 1, 4:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 16 more28 min
Jul 1, 4:10 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 26 more8 hr
Jul 1, 6:31 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Coal, Creek, Garvin, Haskell, Hughes and 16 more59 min
Jul 1, 8:55 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Choctaw, Pushmataha65 min
Jul 1, 11:10 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Brown, Camp, Cherokee, Comanche and 32 more2 hr
Jul 1, 5:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Castro, Coke and 33 more83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.