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Severe Thunderstorm Watch 463

June 12, 20054 counties in New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jun 12, 2005, 4:30 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2005, 4:30 AM MDT (10:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2005, 10:00 AM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock 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 Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:32 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.

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 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1810 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1810 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1129 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 9:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarding, Mora64 min
Jun 12, 4:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Quay, Roosevelt2 hr
Jun 11, 7:27 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 more33 min
Jun 12, 8:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Jefferson, Tillman57 min
Jun 12, 9:08 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 8 more67 min
Jun 12, 10:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon85 min
Jun 12, 11:20 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more10 hr
Jun 12, 11:38 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGarfield, Kay, Noble, Nowata, Osage, Pawnee and 2 more67 min
Jun 12, 12:20 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCCanadian, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Logan and 7 more9 hr
Jun 12, 2:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Creek, Delaware, Mayes, Ottawa, Rogers and 2 more58 min
Jun 12, 2:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 8 more91 min
Jun 12, 2:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas88 min
Jun 12, 4:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Creek and 14 more2 hr
Jun 12, 5:05 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Delaware and 20 more5 hr
Jun 12, 5:13 PM MDTMesoscale 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.