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Mesoscale Discussion 1015

May 26, 2005Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 7 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2005, 1:48 AM MDT for Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2005, 1:48 AM MDT (07:48 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2005, 2:45 AM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:51 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, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2005-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2438 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 2005-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
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

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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, 10:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea5 hr
May 25, 10:46 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEddy, Lea89 min
May 26, 2:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBernalillo, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Sandoval, Santa Fe and 3 more96 min
May 25, 6:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Irion and 9 more86 min
May 25, 7:14 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brazos, Burleson, Ellis, Erath, Falls and 15 more91 min
May 25, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 27 more7 hr
May 26, 2:17 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 25 more58 min
May 26, 6:45 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kimble, Kinney, Real, Schleicher and 4 more90 min
May 26, 7:40 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 14 more5 hr
May 26, 10:35 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKinney, Maverick85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.