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Mesoscale Discussion 1010
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2007, 10:40 AM CDT (15:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2007, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Duval County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wilson County, TX
The radar
The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:42 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 94 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 051540 SWOMCD SPC MCD 051540 TXZ000-051715- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1010 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1040 AM CDT TUE JUN 05 2007 AREAS AFFECTED...SERN TX CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 346... VALID 051540Z - 051715Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 346 CONTINUES. MATURE MCS/MCC CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD THROUGH SERN TX WITH LEADING BOW ECHO PRESENTLY MOVING OFFSHORE. LARGE STRATIFORM RAIN AREA HAS DEVELOPED IN WAKE OF LEADING CONVECTIVE LINE WITH MODERATE/HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED TO CONTINUE INTO THE LATE MORNING. LARGE SCALE DAMAGING WIND THREAT WILL DIMINISH RAPIDLY AS BOW MOVES OFFSHORE. HOWEVER ISOLATED SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES ALONG NERN SECTIONS OF WW 346 ...SPECIFICALLY KARNES... DEWITT...VICTORIA...AND CALHOUN CONTINUES...WHERE SBCAPE OF 1500 TO 2000 J/KG IN MODERATELY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL/LOCALLY DAMAGING DOWNBURST WINDS THROUGH 17 UTC. ..BRIGHT.. 06/05/2007 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...HGX...CRP...EWX... 29109892 29289823 29329735 29109685 28679652 28249661 27769677 27419706 27269743 27479860 27789928 28139951 28709939
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 7:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines, Hudspeth and 7 more | 56 min |
| Jun 5, 2:01 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dimmit, Frio, Kinney, Maverick, Medina, Terrell and 3 more | 59 min |
| Jun 5, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Calhoun and 29 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Calhoun and 26 more | 84 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.