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Mesoscale Discussion 359

March 28, 201710 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 28, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT for 10 counties in Texas. It was in force for 90 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2017, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2017, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
90 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Coke County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terrell County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 116 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-03-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1482 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-03-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 125 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
1482 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-151 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
194 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 9:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Deaf Smith, Donley and 16 more3 hr
Mar 28, 12:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Cottle and 23 more67 min
Mar 28, 12:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 34 more8 hr
Mar 28, 1:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Howard and 8 more95 min
Mar 28, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 24 more8 hr
Mar 28, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Callahan, Clay, Eastland, Fisher and 19 more3 hr
Mar 28, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more2 hr
Mar 28, 3:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Childress, Clay and 33 more7 hr
Mar 28, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto and 7 more89 min
Mar 28, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble and 7 more116 min

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.