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Mesoscale Discussion 819

May 23, 201723 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2017, 6:58 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2017, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2017, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Aransas County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bee County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Duval County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 749 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2017-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
749 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-292 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 7:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Cochran, Coke, Crane and 40 more6 hr
May 22, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Foard, Hardeman and 10 more2 hr
May 23, 2:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 27 more116 min
May 23, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 51 more7 hr
May 23, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Bee, Calhoun, Duval, Goliad, Jim Wells and 9 more3 hr

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.