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Mesoscale Discussion 675
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 21, 2016, 11:05 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico; 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2016, 11:05 PM MDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2016, 1:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 31 counties
Curry County, NM, Lea County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Carson County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 903 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -58 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 220 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 8:29 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam and 17 more | 61 min |
| May 22, 12:39 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth and 23 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 1:48 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 40 more | 9 hr |
| May 22, 5:25 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Reagan, Schleicher and 5 more | 2 hr |
| May 22, 5:55 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coke, Crockett, Glasscock, Irion, Midland, Pecos and 7 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2016Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2016Every mesoscale discussion in 2016
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.