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Mesoscale Discussion 222

February 23, 2005Lea County, New Mexico; Andrews County, Gaines County, Yoakum County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2005, 5:46 PM MST for Lea County, New Mexico; Andrews County, Gaines County, Yoakum County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2005, 5:46 PM MST (00:46 UTC)
Expired
Feb 23, 2005, 7:45 PM MST
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 2005-02-24Temperature 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 2005-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
1266 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
158 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
Feb 23, 5:52 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColfax, Harding, Los Alamos, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more4 hr
Feb 23, 6:36 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Comal and 26 more84 min
Feb 23, 7:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Edwards and 11 more7 hr
Feb 23, 10:12 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Irion and 13 more2 hr
Feb 23, 10:37 PM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 12 more113 min
Feb 24, 12:47 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bee, Blanco, Caldwell, DeWitt, Edwards and 19 more88 min
Feb 24, 1:15 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bee, Bexar, DeWitt, Goliad, Karnes and 6 more6 hr
Feb 24, 3:12 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, DeWitt and 11 more93 min
Feb 24, 3:45 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrazoria, Calhoun, Jackson, Matagorda, Wharton5 hr
Feb 24, 6:04 AM MSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, DeWitt, Fort Bend and 10 more86 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.