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Mesoscale Discussion 742

May 24, 201532 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2015, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2015, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 32 counties

Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Menard County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Randall County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 310 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 290 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
290 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
472 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
255 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.8

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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
May 23, 8:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 18 more2 hr
May 23, 8:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and 7 more93 min
May 23, 9:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Austin, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 28 more89 min
May 23, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Austin, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 34 more6 hr
May 23, 10:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more5 hr
May 23, 11:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atascosa, Austin, Bell, Brazos, Burleson and 36 more88 min
May 23, 11:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Wells, Kenedy and 3 more83 min
May 23, 11:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr, Kinney, Real and 2 more91 min
May 24, 2:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Fort Bend, Jackson and 4 more93 min
May 24, 3:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Fannin, Grayson59 min
May 24, 12:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Marion115 min
May 24, 12:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Morris6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.