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Mesoscale Discussion 1589

July 1, 200540 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 1, 2005, 10:23 PM CDT for 40 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2005, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2005, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 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 nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2005-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1919 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2005-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1919 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3128 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
196 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.8

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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
Jul 1, 7:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more7 hr
Jul 1, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crosby and 33 more6 hr
Jul 1, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Ector, Gaines and 7 more84 min
Jul 1, 10:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Gray, Hansford, Hartley, Hemphill and 7 more91 min
Jul 2, 1:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Bosque, Briscoe, Brown and 60 more28 min
Jul 2, 4:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby and 16 more88 min
Jul 2, 10:06 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Nacogdoches, Panola and 6 more114 min
Jul 2, 11:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Houston, Jasper and 10 more6 hr
Jul 2, 12:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola, Rusk and 4 more92 min
Jul 2, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJasper, Newton, Tyler87 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.