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Mesoscale Discussion 762

May 25, 201532 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2015, 11:37 AM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2015, 11:37 AM CDT (16:37 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2864 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 12:00Z on 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 145 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
2864 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
145 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
4.5
Supercell composite
17.2

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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 24, 7:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts93 min
May 24, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHansford, Lipscomb, Ochiltree5 hr
May 25, 3:17 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Edwards and 21 more4 hr
May 25, 6:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 34 more6 hr
May 25, 6:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Crosby and 26 more55 min
May 25, 7:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Frio and 8 more2 hr
May 25, 9:02 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more7 hr
May 25, 10:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown and 69 more2 hr
May 25, 10:54 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan and 55 more7 hr
May 25, 1:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Coryell and 26 more2 hr
May 25, 2:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 26 more95 min
May 25, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Austin, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Camp and 34 more55 min
May 25, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Blanco, Bowie, Brazos and 53 more8 hr
May 25, 3:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 9 more56 min
May 25, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 7 more90 min
May 25, 5:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCSabine6 hr
May 25, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 14 more54 min
May 25, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAustin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado and 18 more9 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.