Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 786
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2006, 7:53 PM CDT (00:53 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2006, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Real County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1421 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 320 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 12.5
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 7, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 6 more | 5 hr |
| May 7, 9:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more | 60 min |
| May 7, 11:20 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Coryell, Falls and 18 more | 55 min |
| May 7, 11:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Childress, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hall, Wheeler | 54 min |
| May 8, 10:12 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Collin, Cooke, Delta, Denton, Fannin and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 8, 12:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Newton, Orange, Tyler | 119 min |
| May 8, 5:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Hogg, Kinney and 7 more | 65 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.