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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

June 19, 2014Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 19, 2014, 1:43 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 20 counties in Oklahoma; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2014, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 55 counties

Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 393 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 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
393 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 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 19, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 28 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.