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Mesoscale Discussion 1838
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 9, 2014, 6:26 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 9, 2014, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 88 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1057 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1599 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 3.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 9:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Custer and 11 more | 86 min |
| Oct 10, 1:26 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 9 more | 94 min |
| Oct 10, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 10, 2:36 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion and 10 more | 84 min |
| Oct 10, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Fisher and 15 more | 7 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.