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Mesoscale Discussion 1156
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2012, 7:51 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2012, 7:51 PM MDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 2348 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 7:33 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Camp, Cherokee, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 22 more | 87 min |
| Jun 14, 12:36 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 2:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 21 more | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:40 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock and 11 more | 95 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.