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Mesoscale Discussion 1011

June 13, 20157 counties in New Mexico; 31 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2015, 7:33 PM MDT for 7 counties in New Mexico; 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2015, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 38 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, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crane County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 122 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1278 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 00:00Z on 2015-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 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
1278 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
5.5

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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 14, 2:09 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt96 min
Jun 14, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Harding, Lea and 3 more7 hr

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.