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Mesoscale Discussion 1015

June 13, 20235 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2023, 12:07 PM MDT for 5 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 2023, 12:07 PM MDT (18:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2023, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch possible
Chance of a watch
60%

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Morton County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Union County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Dallam County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Sherman County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:10 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 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, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2023-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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 2023-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 134 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-250 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
134 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 1:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaca, Las Animas7 hr
Jun 13, 3:51 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLas Animas84 min
Jun 13, 1:52 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Comanche and 12 more83 min
Jun 13, 2:30 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 7 more7 hr
Jun 13, 4:39 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 6 more96 min
Jun 13, 7:02 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan88 min
Jun 13, 8:30 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Love, Marshall60 min
Jun 13, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcCurtain6 hr
Jun 12, 6:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell and 7 more86 min
Jun 12, 8:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell, Erath and 10 more57 min
Jun 13, 10:22 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison, Hopkins and 7 more2 hr
Jun 13, 11:11 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 10 more5 hr
Jun 13, 12:30 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath and 15 more90 min
Jun 13, 1:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 17 more6 hr
Jun 13, 1:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Morris and 5 more2 hr
Jun 13, 3:04 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 11 more86 min
Jun 13, 4:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 17 more86 min
Jun 13, 5:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Roberts, Wheeler63 min

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.