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Mesoscale Discussion 851

June 6, 201419 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2014, 5:47 AM CDT for 19 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2014, 5:47 AM CDT (10:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2014, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam 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, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 2014-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1725 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 2014-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
1725 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-82 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2198 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.7

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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 5, 7:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron113 min
Jun 5, 7:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas2 hr
Jun 5, 9:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Delaware, Grant, Kay, Noble, Nowata and 3 more3 hr
Jun 5, 9:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 15 more7 hr
Jun 5, 11:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron116 min
Jun 6, 1:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 28 more88 min
Jun 6, 1:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 27 more6 hr
Jun 6, 4:05 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 39 more115 min
Jun 6, 7:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 30 more5 hr
Jun 6, 9:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain53 min
Jun 6, 10:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcCurtain5 hr
Jun 6, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Grant, Harper, Major, Woods and 1 more3 hr
Jun 6, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas67 min
Jun 6, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Jun 6, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas95 min
Jun 6, 6:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas6 hr
Jun 6, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham, Parmer114 min
Jun 6, 5:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Ector, Gaines, Loving, Reeves, Ward and 2 more113 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.