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Mesoscale Discussion 571
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2019, 2:22 PM CDT for 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 7, 2019, 2:22 PM CDT (19:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2019, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
Counties Bailey County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:22 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 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, 1:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Crane, Ector, Howard, Martin, Midland and 3 more | 2 hr |
| 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 |
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.