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Mesoscale Discussion 682

May 24, 201417 counties in New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2014, 12:21 PM MDT for 17 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2014, 12:21 PM MDT (18:21 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2014, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Chaves County, NM, Colfax County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Los Alamos County, NM, Mora County, NM, Quay County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Taos County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:24 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 8 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 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
8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1909 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
68 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 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
May 23, 7:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln and 3 more64 min
May 23, 9:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea, Lincoln and 2 more97 min
May 24, 12:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, Eddy, Roosevelt90 min
May 24, 5:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea94 min
May 24, 11:26 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea3 hr
May 24, 12:43 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCEddy, Lea8 hr
May 24, 1:36 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 8 more
May 24, 1:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 8 more7 hr
May 24, 2:44 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEddy, Lea91 min
May 24, 5:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 6 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.