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Mesoscale Discussion 1013

May 24, 2008Jackson County, Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2008, 8:04 PM CDT for Jackson County, Oklahoma; 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2008, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2008, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 28 counties

Jackson County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 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 00:00Z, 1.1 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-25Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 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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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 8:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady and 7 more6 hr
May 24, 9:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble and 5 more56 min
May 24, 11:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Tillman60 min
May 25, 11:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCTexas65 min
May 25, 12:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, LeFlore, Mayes and 6 more58 min
May 25, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas5 hr
May 25, 1:13 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 5 more7 hr
May 25, 2:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Mayes and 8 more56 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas, Woodward61 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas, Woods and 1 more7 hr
May 25, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Delaware, Ottawa, Sequoyah114 min
May 25, 3:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Cochran, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves and 3 more94 min
May 25, 3:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Brewster, Castro, Cochran, Crane and 22 more7 hr
May 25, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Cochran, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves and 3 more85 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008

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.