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Mesoscale Discussion 825

June 22, 2018Union County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 22, 2018, 1:52 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico; Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2018, 1:52 PM MDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2018, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%

Counties Union County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:53 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 98 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 2018-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 762 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 2018-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 312 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
762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-198 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
409 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCUnion9 hr
Jun 22, 1:06 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Ellis, Roger Mills, Texas84 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey and 9 more2 hr
Jun 22, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 15 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2018Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2018Every mesoscale discussion in 2018

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.