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Mesoscale Discussion 771
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2019, 3:22 PM CDT for 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2019, 3:22 PM CDT (20:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2019, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 21 counties
Andrews County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Ector County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 805 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
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 23, 8:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Collingsworth, Crosby, Donley, Floyd and 12 more | 88 min |
| May 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 13 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 9 more | 97 min |
| May 24, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Childress, Cottle, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 25 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 1:34 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more | 7 hr |
| May 24, 3:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth and 21 more | 114 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Throckmorton and 2 more | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale 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.