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Mesoscale Discussion 1098

May 31, 200531 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2005, 10:46 PM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 31, 2005, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2005, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties

Borden County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Garza County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Llano County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2005-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3403 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 31, 7:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coleman, Dawson, Fisher, Garza and 13 more7 hr
May 31, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, McCulloch, Mason and 5 more5 hr
May 31, 9:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Comanche, Dallas, Denton, Eastland, Ellis and 12 more90 min
May 31, 9:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Clay, Foard, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger57 min
May 31, 9:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Bosque, Clay, Comanche, Eastland, Erath and 10 more7 hr
May 31, 11:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Hamilton, Hood and 7 more85 min
Jun 1, 12:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 22 more6 hr
Jun 1, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Comanche, Concho, Irion, McCulloch, Mason and 6 more3 hr
Jun 1, 3:09 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee and 64 more96 min
Jun 1, 5:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 45 more88 min
Jun 1, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 7 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCameron, Hidalgo, Starr, Willacy59 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.