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Mesoscale Discussion 928

May 14, 2008Lea County, New Mexico; 33 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2008, 5:08 PM MDT for Lea County, New Mexico; 33 counties in Texas. It was in force for 67 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2008, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties

Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 2008-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 368 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 2008-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 235 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
368 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
72 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
235 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
7.6

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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 14, 11:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCEddy, Lea93 min
May 14, 11:47 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCLea6 hr
May 13, 6:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPanola2 hr
May 13, 7:05 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Cooke, Denton and 10 more85 min
May 13, 7:29 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Concho, Edwards and 15 more91 min
May 13, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 56 more7 hr
May 13, 8:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette and 5 more6 hr
May 13, 10:41 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 18 more94 min
May 13, 11:50 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay and 26 more85 min
May 14, 12:19 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 19 more56 min
May 14, 12:40 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 12 more6 hr
May 14, 1:28 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 58 more92 min
May 14, 1:59 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 26 more91 min
May 14, 2:39 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 25 more6 hr
May 14, 4:13 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 29 more92 min
May 14, 4:38 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 7 more97 min
May 14, 5:42 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 30 more63 min
May 14, 6:31 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more119 min
May 14, 6:50 AM MDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 28 more7 hr
May 14, 9:23 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more97 min
May 14, 2:33 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Menard and 5 more27 min
May 14, 2:50 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman and 37 more7 hr
May 14, 2:58 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Falls and 9 more92 min
May 14, 4:12 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOrange63 min
May 14, 5:40 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 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.