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Mesoscale Discussion 2072

December 26, 201527 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 26, 2015, 8:09 PM CST for 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 26, 2015, 8:09 PM CST (02:09 UTC)
Expired
Dec 26, 2015, 10:15 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 27 counties

Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:11 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 689 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2015-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 346 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
689 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-183 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1529 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
473 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
4.8

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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
Dec 26, 7:32 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 25 more88 min
Dec 26, 8:58 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 11 more7 hr
Dec 26, 11:21 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 17 more5 hr
Dec 26, 11:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLamar, Red River2 hr
Dec 26, 11:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCConcho, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney and 11 more87 min
Dec 27, 3:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardeman6 hr
Dec 27, 4:36 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray, Hansford, Hartley and 11 more6 hr
Dec 27, 5:15 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Cochran, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Gaines and 10 more5 hr
Dec 27, 5:44 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bowie, Brazos and 44 more3 hr
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 42 more10 hr
Dec 27, 9:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Childress, Coke, Cottle, Crockett, Dickens and 25 more6 hr
Dec 27, 11:24 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Crane and 24 more6 hr
Dec 27, 12:04 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 24 more2 hr
Dec 27, 12:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 42 more2 hr
Dec 27, 2:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Jasper, Jefferson, Marion and 8 more63 min
Dec 27, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin and 18 more7 hr
Dec 27, 3:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Houston and 7 more116 min
Dec 27, 3:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman and 31 more4 hr
Dec 27, 4:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk and 3 more2 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.