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Mesoscale Discussion 1164

June 14, 20124 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 14, 2012, 2:14 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2012, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2012, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 37 counties

Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Grant County, KS, Hamilton County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Morton County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2681 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 174 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
2681 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-214 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
377 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 14, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Prowers9 hr
Jun 14, 12:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Gove, Graham, Jewell, Logan, Norton and 8 more64 min
Jun 14, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Jewell and 13 more7 hr
Jun 14, 5:07 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarton, Brown, Clay, Cloud, Dickinson, Doniphan and 27 more83 min
Jun 13, 7:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Camp, Cherokee, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 22 more87 min
Jun 13, 7:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more84 min
Jun 14, 12:36 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 36 more2 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 Kansas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Colorado, 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.