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Mesoscale Discussion 765

May 25, 201532 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2015, 2:10 PM CDT for 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2015, 2:10 PM CDT (19:10 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Travis County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:11 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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 277 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3124 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 114 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
644 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.4

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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, 11:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 26 more113 min
May 25, 1:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Coryell and 26 more2 hr
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.