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Mesoscale Discussion 990

June 24, 202012 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 24, 2020, 2:56 PM MDT for 12 counties in New Mexico; El Paso County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 24, 2020, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 24, 2020, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Colfax County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Mora County, NM, Otero County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Union County, NM, El Paso County, TX

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2020-06-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 23, 6:10 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Otero, Roosevelt2 hr
Jun 23, 7:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCEddy, Lea6 hr
Jun 23, 9:47 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEddy, Lea118 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2020Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2020Every mesoscale discussion in 2020

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.