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Mesoscale Discussion 569
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2019, 1:39 PM CDT for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2019, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 60%
Counties Andrews County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Howard County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 534 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 11:04 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Carson, Dallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Lipscomb and 6 more | 116 min |
| May 7, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith, Donley, Gray and 13 more | 9 hr |
| May 7, 2:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 12 more | 83 min |
| May 7, 3:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Childress and 43 more | 8 hr |
| May 7, 3:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray and 11 more | 94 min |
| May 7, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dallam | 5 hr |
| May 7, 5:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 23 more | 89 min |
| May 7, 5:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 19 more | 54 min |
| May 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wilbarger | 4 hr |
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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.