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Mesoscale Discussion 792

May 25, 2019Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 25, 2019, 2:49 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico; Cimarron County, Texas County, Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 25, 2019, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2019, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Cimarron County, OK, Texas County, OK, Bailey County, TX, Castro County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dallam County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 63 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1631 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 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
1631 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
661 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
6.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 11:12 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt2 hr
May 25, 11:59 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCurry, Quay, Roosevelt7 hr
May 25, 12:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLea7 hr
May 25, 4:35 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLea115 min
May 25, 5:25 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Quay, Roosevelt95 min
May 24, 6:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Craig, Creek, Grady and 11 more64 min
May 24, 8:16 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleveland, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes and 9 more29 min
May 25, 2:06 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 10 more114 min
May 25, 2:24 PM MDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 9 more7 hr
May 25, 4:56 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 35 more2 hr
May 25, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 16 more7 hr
May 24, 7:18 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHockley, Lamb, Lubbock57 min
May 25, 12:38 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Ector, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 5 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2019Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.