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Mesoscale Discussion 522

May 8, 20147 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 8, 2014, 2:19 AM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2014, 2:19 AM CDT (07:19 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2014, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 216 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 976 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2014-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
976 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-221 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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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 7, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson and 4 more5 hr
May 7, 11:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson, Love and 7 more93 min
May 8, 3:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCKay113 min
May 7, 8:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 14 more97 min
May 8, 1:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 28 more2 hr
May 8, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Falls, Gillespie and 9 more4 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.