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Mesoscale Discussion 1013

May 25, 200521 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2005, 8:14 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2005, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2005, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX

The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-238 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 7:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Irion and 9 more86 min
May 25, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 27 more7 hr
May 25, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin and 2 more5 hr
May 25, 11:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 31 more89 min
May 26, 2:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Dawson, Ector, Gaines, Glasscock, Martin and 1 more57 min
May 26, 3:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 25 more58 min
May 26, 7:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kimble, Kinney, Real, Schleicher and 4 more90 min
May 26, 8:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 14 more5 hr
May 26, 11:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKinney, Maverick85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.