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Mesoscale Discussion 2237

October 7, 2011Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 27 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 7, 2011, 10:39 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2011, 10:39 PM MDT (04:39 UTC)
Expired
Oct 8, 2011, 12:15 AM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:42 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.7 hours before the alert went out and 158 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 493 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-10-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
493 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-177 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2174 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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
Oct 7, 7:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea, Roosevelt95 min
Oct 7, 10:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLea6 hr
Oct 7, 9:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Sherman95 min
Oct 7, 11:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Moore, Oldham, Potter and 1 more95 min
Oct 8, 12:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 11 more5 hr
Oct 8, 4:28 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Carson, Donley, Gray, Hale, Hansford and 7 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.