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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 451

June 10, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 10, 2005, 1:45 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2005, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2005, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Warnings issued inside it

5 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas96 min
Jun 10, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron54 min
Jun 10, 3:50 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca, Las Animas55 min
Jun 10, 4:54 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBaca59 min
Jun 10, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningAMACimarron49 min

Discussions around it

SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Denver, Elbert, Kit Carson, Logan and 6 more116 min
Jun 10, 11:54 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLas Animas2 hr
Jun 10, 5:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Quay56 min
Jun 9, 8:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey and 12 more93 min
Jun 9, 9:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 19 more6 hr
Jun 10, 12:21 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Cleveland, Grady, McClain, Washita3 hr
Jun 10, 12:34 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 25 more86 min
Jun 10, 9:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward117 min
Jun 10, 10:30 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harmon, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more7 hr
Jun 10, 1:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward2 hr
Jun 10, 1:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Woodward2 hr
Jun 10, 2:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more7 hr
Jun 10, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Jun 10, 5:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Kay and 15 more113 min
Jun 10, 6:58 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 11 more92 min
Jun 10, 3:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Ector, Gaines, Pecos, Terrell and 4 more85 min
Jun 10, 4:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCoke, Coleman, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector and 23 more7 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.