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Mesoscale Discussion 743

May 26, 201635 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 26, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT for 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 26, 2016, 1:50 PM CDT (18:50 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 2016, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
40%
All 35 counties

Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 274 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 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3416 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 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
3416 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 8:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kinney, Pecos and 5 more83 min
May 26, 12:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCColeman, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Irion, Kimble and 8 more36 min
May 26, 7:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Coryell, Hamilton, Hill, Limestone, McLennan and 1 more115 min
May 26, 1:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Wheeler2 hr
May 26, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more10 hr
May 26, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Edwards and 22 more2 hr
May 26, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 21 more8 hr
May 26, 3:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Gray, Hall and 6 more60 min
May 26, 6:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Harris, Montgomery and 2 more95 min
May 26, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 21 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.