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Mesoscale Discussion 1043
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT for 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2005, 6:41 PM CDT (23:41 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2005, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Laughlin AFB radar (KDFX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 1:25 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Coryell, Edwards, Gillespie and 15 more | 3 hr |
| May 28, 2:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cochran, Hockley, Lubbock, Terry, Yoakum | 2 hr |
| May 28, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell and 16 more | 2 hr |
| May 28, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby | 6 hr |
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.