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Mesoscale Discussion 954

June 1, 2007Curry County, New Mexico; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 42 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2007, 4:30 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 42 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2007, 4:30 PM MDT (22:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Curry County, NM, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1384 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 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1384 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-249 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1230 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
383 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 1, 12:45 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Quay, Roosevelt60 min
Jun 1, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 4 more5 hr
May 31, 6:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson83 min
May 31, 8:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 11 more53 min
May 31, 8:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 32 more7 hr
May 31, 11:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 9 more116 min
Jun 1, 12:14 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more6 hr
Jun 1, 12:42 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Washington2 hr
Jun 1, 1:24 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens and 1 more66 min
Jun 1, 2:18 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 43 more87 min
Jun 1, 4:39 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more66 min
Jun 1, 1:03 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more7 hr
Jun 1, 3:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Garfield, Grady and 14 more67 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 40 more8 hr
May 31, 9:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Crosby and 13 more6 hr
Jun 1, 6:58 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more62 min
Jun 1, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCallahan, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Hood and 12 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.