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Mesoscale Discussion 1046
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 15, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 2017, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2017, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -325 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2642 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 7:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and 1 more | 94 min |
| Jun 15, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 4 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 7 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Crane, Crockett, Dawson, Ector, Glasscock and 11 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 25 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017
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.