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Mesoscale Discussion 826

May 27, 20134 counties in Oklahoma; 38 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT for 4 counties in Oklahoma; 38 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2013, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2013, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza 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, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Upton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 69 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 70 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 2013-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 989 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 2013-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 135 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
989 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-375 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 27, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 2 more6 hr
May 27, 5:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer and 16 more84 min
May 27, 3:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Childress, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 16 more56 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013

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.