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Mesoscale Discussion 615

April 29, 200717 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2007, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2007, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brewster County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Culberson County, TX, Jeff Davis County, TX, Loving County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Presidio County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 996 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-04-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
996 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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
Apr 29, 12:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Zavala2 hr
Apr 29, 5:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crockett, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell and 2 more2 hr
Apr 29, 7:43 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock and 16 more3 hr
Apr 29, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and 6 more57 min
Apr 29, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving and 11 more7 hr
Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 21 more55 min
Apr 29, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Ector and 24 more6 hr
Apr 29, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 20 more86 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.