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Mesoscale Discussion 1528

July 21, 20124 counties in New Mexico; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 70 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 21, 2012, 1:06 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; 4 counties in Oklahoma; 70 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 2012, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2012, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%
All 78 counties

Curry County, NM, Lea County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Archer County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 380 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 534 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
534 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2199 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
Jul 20, 6:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler88 min
Jul 21, 11:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty and 9 more3 hr
Jul 21, 4:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson and 31 more83 min
Jul 21, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 42 more6 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.