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Mesoscale Discussion 440

April 7, 200730 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2007, 1:04 PM CDT (18:04 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2007, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Blanco County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2007-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
483 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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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.