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Mesoscale Discussion 1156

June 13, 20124 counties in New Mexico; 18 counties in Texas

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.

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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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2348 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
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

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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 13, 7:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Camp, Cherokee, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 22 more87 min
Jun 14, 12:36 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 36 more2 hr
Jun 14, 2:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 21 more61 min
Jun 14, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more9 hr
Jun 14, 3:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock and 11 more95 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.