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Mesoscale Discussion 769
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2006, 5:49 PM MDT for Curry County, Lea County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; 81 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 2006, 5:49 PM MDT (23:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 84 counties
Curry County, NM, Lea County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Archer County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Denton County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hood County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Llano County, TX, Loving County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Wise County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 151 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1954 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 296 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 302 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.3
- Supercell composite
- 20.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 11:36 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea | 84 min |
| May 5, 12:08 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Chaves, Eddy, Lea | 9 hr |
| May 5, 3:26 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Roosevelt | 5 hr |
| May 4, 6:24 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Borden, Brown and 49 more | 96 min |
| May 4, 8:12 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 71 more | 93 min |
| May 4, 9:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Brown and 45 more | 6 hr |
| May 5, 12:25 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallas, Denton, Hood, Jack, Johnson, Palo Pinto and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 5, 2:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Medina, Real, Terrell and 2 more | 116 min |
| May 5, 2:35 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Edwards, Kerr, Medina, Real, Terrell and 2 more | 115 min |
| May 5, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal and 20 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.