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Mesoscale Discussion 955

June 5, 2009Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2009, 9:34 PM CDT for Beaver County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2009, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2009, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 counties

Beaver County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby 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, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 2009-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 479 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2009-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
479 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2250 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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 6, 3:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson97 min
Jun 6, 4:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.