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Mesoscale Discussion 2079

December 27, 2015Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; 50 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Dec 27, 2015, 5:44 AM CST for Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; 50 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 27, 2015, 5:44 AM CST (11:44 UTC)
Expired
Dec 27, 2015, 8:15 AM CST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Morris County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Panola County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2015-12-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1659 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2015-12-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 233 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1659 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
775 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
2.6
Supercell composite
13.7

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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 DiscussionSPCCrawford, Sebastian88 min
Dec 26, 11:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBoone, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson, Logan, Madison and 8 more2 hr
Dec 27, 8:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCHempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier10 hr
Dec 27, 12:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Sevier2 hr
Dec 27, 12:47 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Drew and 2 more88 min
Dec 27, 2:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 7 more63 min
Dec 27, 2:47 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland and 15 more7 hr
Dec 27, 4:55 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 8 more2 hr
Dec 26, 8:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 21 more2 hr
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, 11:48 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, 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, 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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.