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Mesoscale Discussion 1286

June 26, 20075 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2007, 1:48 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2007, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2007, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Morton County, KS, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 2007-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2091 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 2007-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2091 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.8

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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
Jun 26, 2:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 7 more7 hr
Jun 26, 4:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more2 hr
Jun 26, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt9 hr
Jun 26, 3:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Love, Marshall3 hr
Jun 26, 12:08 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 20 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.