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Mesoscale Discussion 1003

June 13, 20157 counties in New Mexico; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2015, 12:22 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2015, 12:22 PM MDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 23 counties

Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 159 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 564 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 176 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1023 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
176 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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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, 6:54 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Roosevelt2 hr
Jun 13, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more8 hr
Jun 13, 2:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 2 more56 min
Jun 13, 4:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay and 1 more94 min
Jun 12, 7:01 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 30 more89 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardeman65 min
Jun 13, 2:15 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Clay, Jack, Knox, Montague, Throckmorton and 1 more90 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.