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Mesoscale Discussion 56

January 15, 201729 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 15, 2017, 6:36 PM CST for 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 15, 2017, 6:36 PM CST (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jan 15, 2017, 7:30 PM CST
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 29 counties

Bandera County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 540 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-01-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
540 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
0 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 15, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Comal and 31 more6 hr
Jan 15, 8:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Comal and 26 more2 hr
Jan 15, 10:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Comal and 26 more62 min
Jan 16, 5:01 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFort Bend, Harris, Montgomery, Waller29 min
Jan 16, 2:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarrison, Marion118 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.