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Mesoscale Discussion 1007
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2008, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2008, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
Counties Coke County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1932 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 ACUS11 KWNS 242051 SWOMCD SPC MCD 242050 TXZ000-242145- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1007 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0350 PM CDT SAT MAY 24 2008 AREAS AFFECTED...LOW ROLLING PLAINS INTO THE ERN TRANSPECOS CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH POSSIBLE VALID 242050Z - 242145Z ISOLD HIGH-BASED TSTMS MAY DEVELOP OVER A SMALL PART OF WCNTRL TX ANYWHERE FROM NRN REAGAN COUNTY NEWD INTO SERN MITCHELL TO HASKELL/THROCKMORTON. A SUSTAINED STORM MAY EXHIBIT BRIEF SUPERCELL CHARACTERISTICS WITH LARGE HAIL OWING TO VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES. BUT...STORMS SHOULD GO OUTFLOW DOMINANT GIVEN FAIRLY DRY COLUMN. VSBL SATL SHOWS AGITATED CU FIELD ALONG NWWD EDGE OF MORE SUBSTANTIAL MOISTURE FLOWING NWWD TOWARD THE LOW ROLLING PLAINS. LIGHT N WINDS AT SNYDER MAY BE INDICATIVE OF A WEAK MESO-LOW WEST OF KDYS...ENHANCING SFC CONVERGENCE IN THAT AREA. IT IS FAIRLY WARM ALOFT...BUT PERSISTENT CONVERGENCE...STRONG HEATING...STEEP LAPSE RATES AND VERY HOT TEMPERATURES MAY LEAD TO ISOLD STORM INITIATION. DEEP LAYER WIND FIELDS ARE WEAK...BUT SUCH STRONG INSTABILITY WILL CONTRIBUTE TO VIGOROUS UPDRAFTS YIELDING LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ..RACY.. 05/24/2008 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...SJT...LUB...MAF... 31190154 31830143 32850045 33379957 33309910 33079908 32749950 32130012 31310086
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 8:17 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree and 2 more | 58 min |
| May 23, 10:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 57 min |
| May 23, 11:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collingsworth, Wheeler | 54 min |
| May 24, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coke, Fisher, Glasscock, Haskell, Howard, Irion and 13 more | 7 hr |
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.