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Mesoscale Discussion 1173

July 6, 2016Beckham County, Harmon County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 6, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT for Beckham County, Harmon County, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2016, 4:39 PM CDT (21:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2016, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 35 counties

Beckham County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 324 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 12:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
324 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-486 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2467 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 11:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Grant, Kay, Woods115 min
Jul 6, 1:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage and 2 more85 min
Jul 6, 2:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Washington7 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.