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Mesoscale Discussion 901

May 28, 201724 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2017, 1:34 PM CDT for 24 counties in Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2017, 1:34 PM CDT (18:34 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
80%
All 24 counties

Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Medina County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 252 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 2017-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1005 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 2017-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 227 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1005 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
874 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
227 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Ochiltree, Sherman2 hr
May 27, 9:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHansford, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts and 1 more53 min
May 27, 11:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Lamar, Montague and 1 more58 min
May 28, 12:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson and 4 more5 hr
May 28, 2:53 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Cooke, Delta and 16 more2 hr
May 28, 4:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Delta, Denton and 7 more2 hr
May 28, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell and 58 more8 hr
May 28, 5:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk and 1 more59 min
May 28, 5:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Cherokee, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches and 6 more4 hr
May 28, 6:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 40 more57 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.