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Mesoscale Discussion 1145
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2012, 4:42 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 2012, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Dallam County, TX
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 274 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2605 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
932 ACUS11 KWNS 122243 SWOMCD SPC MCD 122242 KSZ000-OKZ000-COZ000-TXZ000-NMZ000-122345- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1145 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0542 PM CDT TUE JUN 12 2012 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN CO...NERN NM...WRN OK/TX PANHANDLE CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382... VALID 122242Z - 122345Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...ISOLATED SEVERE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY BE NOTED WITH STORMS THIS EVENING. DISCUSSION...LATEST VIS IMAGERY SUGGESTS HEALTHY UPDRAFTS ARE ASSOCIATED WITH CONVECTION THAT EXTENDS ACROSS NERN NM INTO SERN CO. THIS ACTIVITY IS DEVELOPING WITHIN UPSLOPE REGIONS OF RETURN FLOW ALONG NRN PLUME OF SRN HIGH PLAINS INSTABILITY AXIS. WITH LLJ EXPECTED TO HOLD ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS SHEAR PROFILES FAVOR SLOW SEWD PROPAGATING STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AT TIMES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS SHOULD STRUGGLE TO MAINTAIN INTENSITY AS THEY MOVE TOWARD LOWER ELEVATIONS. ..DARROW.. 06/12/2012 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...DDC...GLD...AMA...PUB...ABQ... LAT...LON 34970541 38500455 38490197 34970290 34970541
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 88 min |
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 1:23 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Phillips, Sedgwick | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 3:08 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Quay | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 2:00 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln, Roosevelt | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Lincoln and 1 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:38 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 13 more | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 11, 10:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Johnston and 8 more | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 10:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | McCurtain | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 9:32 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Marshall, Murray and 1 more | 88 min |
| Jun 11, 6:11 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 29 more | 94 min |
| Jun 11, 8:54 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 31 more | 66 min |
| Jun 12, 1:54 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 3 more | 96 min |
| Jun 12, 2:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 8 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:08 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nacogdoches, Panola, Shelby | 2 hr |
| Jun 12, 6:11 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 8 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:23 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 67 min |
| Jun 12, 10:00 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Collin and 36 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 12, 11:12 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jun 12, 1:45 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Midland, Mitchell and 4 more | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 2:28 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson and 37 more | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Austin, Bell, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 24 more | 4 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012
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.