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Mesoscale Discussion 752
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 6, 2005, 8:11 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 6, 2005, 8:11 PM MDT (02:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 6, 2005, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 44 counties
Baca County, CO, Finney County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Curry County, NM, Lea County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 821 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1523 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 070211 SWOMCD SPC MCD 070211 KSZ000-TXZ000-OKZ000-COZ000-NMZ000-070315- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0752 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0911 PM CDT FRI MAY 06 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...NE NM...SE CO...WRN OK AND TX PNHDLS CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 221... VALID 070211Z - 070315Z CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE WW MAY BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS SCHEDULED AT 03Z. INTENSE CONVECTION NEAR LEE SURFACE TROUGH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH PLAINS IS SLOWER TO DIMINISH. FORCING ASSOCIATED WITH SHORT WAVE ROUNDING BASE OF SOUTHERN PLATEAU UPPER TROUGH MAY BE ENHANCING THIS ACTIVITY...WHICH MAY REMAIN STRONG/SEVERE FOR AN HOUR OR TWO BEYOND 03Z...AS IT SPREADS ACROSS PARTS OF THE OKLAHOMA/TEXAS PANHANDLES INTO SOUTHWEST KANSAS. AS NEAR SURFACE INVERSION DEEPENS WITH CONTINUED RADIATIONAL COOLING...SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BECOME LIMITED TO LARGE HAIL...AND THIS RISK WILL DIMINISH WITH EASTWARD PROGRESSION INTO COOLER/POTENTIALLY LESS UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT EAST OF THE HIGH PLAINS. ..KERR.. 05/07/2005 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...LUB...AMA...MAF...PUB...ABQ... 36020348 37000339 37910248 38300106 37959989 36360045 34250165 33030204 32330318 32500401 33090454 34750361
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 12:15 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barton, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 20 more | 3 hr |
| May 7, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 4 more | 6 hr |
| May 7, 3:58 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Hall, Haskell, Jones and 7 more | 62 min |
| May 7, 5:53 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Mitchell, Nolan and 6 more | 37 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.