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Mesoscale Discussion 1007

June 5, 200732 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2007, 7:21 AM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 84 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2007, 7:21 AM CDT (12:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2007, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bee County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Duval County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 149 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2234 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
848 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 051221
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 051221 
TXZ000-051345-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1007
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0721 AM CDT TUE JUN 05 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...SOUTH CENTRAL TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 346...

VALID 051221Z - 051345Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 346
CONTINUES.

STRONG DAMAGING WINDS LIKELY WITH BOW ECHO AS IT ACCELERATES ESEWD
ACROSS SRN HALF OF WW 346. 61 KT GUST REPORTED AT COT AT 1210Z.

AT 12Z...REGIONAL RADARS SHOWED THE BOW ECHO EXTENDING FROM MEDINA
COUNTY TO LA SALLE COUNTY AND THEN SWWD TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER
IN NWRN WEBB COUNTY.  THE APEX OF THE BOW...NOW LOCATED IN LA SALLE
COUNTY...CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE AT NEAR 45 KT AS IT TRACKS ESEWD
ALONG A SURFACE BOUNDARY...WHICH EXTENDED FROM JUST S OF DRT THROUGH
THE BOW APEX NEAR COT TO THE TX COASTAL BEND AT 50 S VCT.  AIR MASS
ALONG/S OF THIS BOUNDARY IS VERY UNSTABLE.  THIS INSTABILITY
COMBINED WITH EFFECTIVE BULK SHEAR VALUES OF 30-35 KT SUGGEST THE
MCS WILL BE MAINTAINED DOWNSTREAM TOWARD THE TX COAST AS IS
CURRENTLY INDICATED BY EXPANSIVE/ INCREASING SPATIAL COVERAGE OF
COLD CLOUD TOP TEMPERATURES.

..PETERS.. 06/05/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...HGX...CRP...EWX...BRO...

28310032 28709984 30269943 29549671 28139604 27109675
27249952

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 7:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines, Hudspeth and 7 more56 min
Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Terrell and 3 more59 min
Jun 5, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Calhoun and 29 more7 hr
Jun 5, 10:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 13 more95 min

Nearby

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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.