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Mesoscale Discussion 966

June 5, 201328 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2013, 3:56 PM CDT for 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2013, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2013, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 28 counties

Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2013-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3626 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
248 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 4, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress and 35 more2 hr
Jun 4, 10:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Callahan, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 27 more86 min
Jun 4, 11:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts66 min
Jun 5, 2:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHansford, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree84 min
Jun 5, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Hartley, Oldham90 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 29 more7 hr
Jun 5, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 27 more2 hr

Nearby

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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.