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Mesoscale Discussion 949
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2012, 9:35 PM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 28, 2012, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- May 28, 2012, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 1125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1953 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
873
ACUS11 KWNS 290236
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 290235
TXZ000-OKZ000-290330-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0949
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0935 PM CDT MON MAY 28 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...N-CNTRL TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 310...
VALID 290235Z - 290330Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 310
CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...CONVECTIVE LINE CONTINUES TO PROGRESS SEWD THROUGH N-CNTRL
TX. LATEST RADAR IMAGERY HAS SHOWN A DECREASING TREND AND THE SEVERE
THREAT IS EXPECTED TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR.
DISCUSSION...KFWS RADAR IMAGERY DEPICTS A TWO DISTINCT LINES OF
TSTMS. ONE LINE IS LOCATED ACROSS WISE AND COOKE COUNTIES AND THE
OTHER IS LOCATED FROM JACK TO COLEMAN COUNTY. THE OUTFLOW BOUNDARY
FROM THE NRN LINE IS APPARENT ON KFWS RADAR IMAGERY...SUGGESTING THE
ACTIVITY BEHIND THIS LINE IS ELEVATED AND THREAT FOR SEVERE WIND
GUSTS IS LOW. OUTFLOW BOUNDARY IS BEGINNING TO EMERGE FROM THE SRN
LINE AS WELL. LOCALIZED ENHANCEMENT OF THE WIND FIELD MAY OCCUR
ACROSS PALO PINTO AND PARKER COUNTIES WHERE THIS TWO OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES MERGE. OTHERWISE...A DECREASING TREND IS EXPECTED AS THE
LINES REMAIN ELEVATED.
FARTHER W...ISOLATED TSTMS CONTINUE TO INITIATE ALONG MESOSCALE
BOUNDARY INTERACTIONS. STORMS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING OUTFLOW DOMINATED
SO THE PRIMARY THREAT APPEARS TO BE SEVERE HAIL. ADDITIONAL
DEVELOPMENT WELL BEHIND THE MAIN LINE IS ALSO ELEVATED AND MAY POSE
A MARGINAL HAIL RISK.
..MOSIER.. 05/29/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...SJT...MAF...
LAT...LON 33619806 33789770 33799725 33619692 33269683 32579711
31899766 31429857 31669962 32020097 32609928 33619806SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 18 more | 91 min |
| May 28, 11:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Coleman, Coryell, Dallas, Ellis and 10 more | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:06 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger | 84 min |
| May 29, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger | 12 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.