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Mesoscale Discussion 977

June 12, 2014Mora County, New Mexico

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2014, 6:36 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2014, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2014, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4430 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 13, 12:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe and 4 more55 min
Jun 13, 12:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 8 more57 min
Jun 13, 1:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe and 9 more8 hr

Nearby

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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.