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Mesoscale Discussion 531

April 21, 2007Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 52 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 21, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT for Beaver County, Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 52 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 21, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 21, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Beaver County, OK, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1794 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 263 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1794 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
946 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
301 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.3
Supercell composite
16.9

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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
Apr 21, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Comanche and 14 more60 min
Apr 21, 11:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 8 more3 hr
Apr 22, 3:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Creek, Garvin and 18 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.