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Mesoscale Discussion 995

June 7, 20134 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2013, 6:17 PM MDT for 4 states. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2013, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2013, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Baca County, CO, Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Otero County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, El Paso County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hudspeth County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 181 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 00:00Z on 2013-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
181 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2246 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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 8, 2:03 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas57 min
Jun 8, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer and 12 more8 hr
Jun 8, 4:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas and 2 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.