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Mesoscale Discussion 1471

June 19, 20084 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2008, 12:07 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2008, 12:07 PM MDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2008, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hartley County, TX

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:57 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 282 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 2008-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 2008-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 218 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-497 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
800 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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 19, 12:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 8 more7 hr
Jun 19, 1:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLarimer, Weld57 min
Jun 19, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers and 1 more83 min
Jun 19, 4:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more116 min
Jun 18, 6:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding and 5 more61 min
Jun 18, 6:02 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield, Grant, Harper and 4 more88 min
Jun 18, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 6 more6 hr
Jun 18, 9:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more95 min
Jun 18, 11:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more7 hr
Jun 19, 3:03 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more57 min
Jun 19, 12:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Nowata, Ottawa58 min
Jun 19, 12:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 45 more2 hr
Jun 19, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Cherokee, Craig, Creek and 19 more8 hr
Jun 19, 3:26 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarmon64 min
Jun 19, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more7 hr
Jun 19, 5:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 23 more5 hr
Jun 19, 8:32 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 24 more118 min
Jun 19, 1:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Hardin, Harris, Liberty, Orange89 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.