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Mesoscale Discussion 2127

October 22, 200712 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 22, 2007, 1:49 AM CDT for 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2007, 1:49 AM CDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2007, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aransas County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:51 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 nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 356 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1365 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1365 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1434 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
Oct 21, 7:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.