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Mesoscale Discussion 1069

June 2, 20114 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2011, 2:40 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2011, 2:40 PM MDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties De Baca County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 2011-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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 2011-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-607 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

770 
ACUS11 KWNS 022040
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 022040 
TXZ000-NMZ000-022145-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1069
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0340 PM CDT THU JUN 02 2011

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN NM

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE 

VALID 022040Z - 022145Z

A NARROW CORRIDOR OF HIGHER PWAT EXTENDS FROM NRN MEXICO...NNEWD
ACROSS NM INTO SERN CO.  WITHIN THIS ZONE SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
RECENTLY DEVELOPED OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN OVER CHAVES/DE BACA
COUNTIES AND FARTHER NORTH IN THE LEE OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE.
WITH ROUGHLY 25KT OF DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND MODEST INSTABILITY...IT
APPEARS STEEP LAPSE RATE ENVIRONMENT WILL FAVOR ROBUST UPDRAFTS
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY SEVERE WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS HAIL IN
EXCESS OF ONE INCH.  WW MAY BE WARRANTED FOR THIS ACTIVITY IF IT
CONTINUES TO INTENSIFY.

..DARROW.. 06/02/2011

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...AMA...ABQ...

LAT...LON   33820510 36650410 36400266 33680372 33820510

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 8:19 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 6 more26 min

Nearby

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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.