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Mesoscale Discussion 1184
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 16, 2012, 12:45 AM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; Harmon County, Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 2012, 12:45 AM MDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 1:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties
Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Harmon County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 1006 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 16, 5:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Union | 96 min |
| Jun 15, 10:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harper | 95 min |
| Jun 15, 10:44 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harmon | 91 min |
| Jun 16, 3:10 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant | 65 min |
| Jun 16, 2:02 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 20 more | 88 min |
| Jun 15, 7:37 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Briscoe, Castro, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Garza and 10 more | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 7:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 14 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.