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Mesoscale Discussion 1014
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2005, 10:46 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 25, 2005, 10:46 PM MDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2005, 12:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 89 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties
Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crane County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Erath County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Loving County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 119 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2438 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 260447 SWOMCD SPC MCD 260446 TXZ000-NMZ000-260615- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1014 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1146 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2005 AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL TX...WEST TX AND SE NM CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 334... VALID 260446Z - 260615Z WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE DURING THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD ACROSS SE NM...PARTS OF WEST TX AND ACROSS CNTRL TX. HAIL...ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER STORMS. THE SEVERE THREAT WILL CONTINUE ACROSS WW 334 AND A NEW WW 335 HAS BE ISSUED WEST OF WW 334 WITHIN THE HOUR. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS A FRONTAL BOUNDARY EXTENDING EWD FROM THE MIDLAND AREA TO THE TX HILL COUNTRY WITH OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS SHOWING STRONG CONVERGENCE ALONG THE BOUNDARY. IN ADDITION...THE RUC ANALYSIS IS SHOWING A SHORTWAVE TROUGH ENTERING WEST TX AND THIS MAY BE INCREASING ASCENT OVER A LARGE AREA. AS A RESULT...STORM COVERAGE MAY CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS AS A LARGE MCS ORGANIZES ACROSS WEST TX. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE CONVECTION WILL RESULT IN VERY HEAVY RAIN. IN ADDITION...MLCAPE VALUES OF 1000 TO 1500 J/KG AND 0-6 KM SHEAR VALUES AROUND 30 KT WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR SEVERE MULTICELL STORMS WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF HAIL AND ISOLATED WIND DAMAGE DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. ..BROYLES.. 05/26/2005 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...FWD...SJT...LUB...MAF...ABQ... 32660214 32360016 32489808 32309744 31739725 31339747 31139804 30890055 31350295 32160463 32840473 33330427 33230367
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea | 5 hr |
| May 26, 1:48 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea | 57 min |
| May 26, 2:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bernalillo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Sandoval, Santa Fe and 3 more | 96 min |
| May 25, 6:49 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Irion and 9 more | 86 min |
| May 25, 7:14 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brazos, Burleson, Ellis, Erath, Falls and 15 more | 91 min |
| May 25, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 27 more | 7 hr |
| May 26, 2:17 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 25 more | 58 min |
| May 26, 6:45 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Edwards, Kimble, Kinney, Real, Schleicher and 4 more | 90 min |
| May 26, 7:40 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 14 more | 5 hr |
| May 26, 10:35 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Kinney, Maverick | 85 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.