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Mesoscale Discussion 166

February 24, 2006Doña Ana County, Eddy County, Otero County, New Mexico; 5 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 24, 2006, 5:38 PM MST for Doña Ana County, Eddy County, Otero County, New Mexico; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 24, 2006, 5:38 PM MST (00:38 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2006, 7:45 PM MST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Doña Ana County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Otero County, NM, Culberson County, TX, El Paso County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Reeves County, TX

The radar

The El Paso radar (KEPZ), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 118 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2006-02-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 433 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2006-02-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 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
433 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1431 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.