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Mesoscale Discussion 943

May 22, 20064 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 22, 2006, 6:10 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 22, 2006, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
Expired
May 22, 2006, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Bent County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Taos County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Oldham County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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 2006-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2006-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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
May 22, 8:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Cheyenne, Clear Creek and 19 more97 min
May 22, 8:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, Fremont and 8 more53 min
May 22, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 17 more6 hr
May 22, 10:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Kiowa, Kit Carson, Phillips and 4 more88 min
May 23, 1:05 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Yuma85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.