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Mesoscale Discussion 888

June 7, 20147 counties in New Mexico; Beckham County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 7, 2014, 8:50 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico; Beckham County, Harmon County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 7, 2014, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2014, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Beckham County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Briscoe 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, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 2014-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 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 2014-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-422 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1959 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
323 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 7, 10:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea92 min
Jun 8, 1:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea118 min
Jun 8, 1:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln, Mora and 3 more53 min
Jun 8, 1:55 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 7 more8 hr
Jun 8, 4:09 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCEddy, Lea8 hr
Jun 8, 4:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay and 2 more2 hr
Jun 7, 6:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 14 more2 hr
Jun 7, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton and 18 more8 hr
Jun 7, 8:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain and 4 more2 hr
Jun 8, 9:32 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Crosby, Dawson, Fisher, Gaines and 16 more118 min
Jun 8, 12:39 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 10 more2 hr
Jun 8, 1:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine and 2 more7 hr
Jun 8, 1:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector and 27 more3 hr
Jun 8, 2:37 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Shelby83 min
Jun 8, 5:34 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brewster, Concho, Coryell, Crockett, Hamilton and 14 more86 min

Nearby

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