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Mesoscale Discussion 421

April 22, 2019Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; Loving County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2019, 6:41 PM MDT for Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; Loving County, Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 22, 2019, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 22, 2019, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%

Counties Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Loving County, TX

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 227 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 00:00Z on 2019-04-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 426 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 00:00Z on 2019-04-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 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
426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1193 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 22, 8:24 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Foard and 8 more96 min
Apr 23, 12:28 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 14 more62 min
Apr 23, 12:36 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 20 more114 min
Apr 23, 1:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin, Comanche and 40 more8 hr
Apr 23, 3:52 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos and 3 more113 min
Apr 23, 4:11 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland and 24 more94 min
Apr 23, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving, Presidio, Reeves and 2 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019Every mesoscale discussion in 2019

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.