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Mesoscale Discussion 1192

June 23, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 23, 2013, 4:12 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 93 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 2013, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 2013, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
93 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 35 counties

Baca County, CO, Grant County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Morton County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stanton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 2013-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 617 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 2013-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
617 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-550 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1986 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 22, 6:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Kit Carson, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more88 min
Jun 23, 3:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley, Denver and 13 more87 min
Jun 23, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdams, Arapahoe, Baca, Bent, Cheyenne, Crowley and 16 more7 hr
Jun 22, 9:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNorton86 min
Jun 23, 2:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cloud, Ellis, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell and 8 more2 hr
Jun 23, 5:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Cloud, Decatur, Ellis, Gove and 22 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.