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Mesoscale Discussion 583

April 18, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 18, 2005, 2:09 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2005, 2:09 PM CDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2005, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Haskell County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Curry County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 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, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 145 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 2005-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 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 2005-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 205 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
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-319 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 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
Apr 17, 9:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Grant and 17 more87 min
Apr 18, 12:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarshall, Nemaha, Washington2 hr
Apr 18, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Meade and 3 more7 hr
Apr 18, 5:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Ford, Grant, Gray, Haskell, Kearny and 4 more2 hr
Apr 18, 5:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Logan, Rawlins, Sherman, Thomas, Wallace3 hr
Apr 17, 9:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more95 min
Apr 18, 6:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.