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Mesoscale Discussion 1111

June 17, 2019Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 17, 2019, 8:15 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2019, 8:15 PM MDT (02:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2019, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 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 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 2019-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2254 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 2019-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -1 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2254 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1938 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 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
Jun 17, 9:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLea5 hr
Jun 17, 10:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea93 min
Jun 18, 1:08 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea67 min
Jun 18, 12:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Quay and 1 more3 hr
Jun 18, 1:22 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Union83 min
Jun 18, 2:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColfax, Harding, Union7 hr
Jun 18, 1:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 20 more115 min
Jun 18, 3:48 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more57 min
Jun 18, 4:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 32 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.