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Mesoscale Discussion 1087

May 31, 200524 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2005, 5:33 AM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2005, 5:33 AM CDT (10:33 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2005, 7:00 AM CDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties

Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Motley County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 182 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 2005-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 716 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 2005-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
716 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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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 30, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale and 13 more6 hr
May 30, 11:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale and 12 more60 min
May 31, 1:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran and 22 more88 min
May 31, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 18 more4 hr
May 31, 1:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro and 25 more115 min
May 31, 1:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 26 more8 hr
May 31, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 25 more115 min
May 31, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more8 hr
May 31, 5:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Dawson and 20 more87 min
May 31, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 24 more2 hr
May 31, 6:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 3 more89 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.