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Mesoscale Discussion 807

May 10, 2005Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 53 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2005, 5:06 PM MDT for Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 53 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 10, 2005, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 10, 2005, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Potter County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Randall County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1268 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 12:00Z on 2005-05-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 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
1268 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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 10, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLea6 hr
May 10, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 5 more7 hr
May 9, 7:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 42 more115 min
May 10, 1:23 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crane and 27 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.