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Mesoscale Discussion 191

February 19, 20175 counties in Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 19, 2017, 6:43 PM CST for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2017, 6:43 PM CST (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Feb 19, 2017, 8:45 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Carter County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 00:00Z on 2017-02-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 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 00:00Z on 2017-02-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
10.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 8:33 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Lincoln and 11 more117 min
Feb 19, 6:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Caldwell, Comal and 20 more8 hr
Feb 19, 8:13 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Maverick and 3 more2 hr
Feb 19, 8:36 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more4 hr
Feb 19, 10:28 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bexar, Comal, Kendall, McMullen, Wilson92 min
Feb 19, 11:50 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Falls, Fayette, Grimes and 4 more85 min
Feb 20, 1:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazos, Houston, Leon, Madison, Trinity, Walker3 hr
Feb 20, 4:32 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Calhoun, Cameron, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces and 1 more3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2017Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2017Every mesoscale discussion in 2017

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.