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Mesoscale Discussion 877

May 29, 201925 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2019, 9:04 AM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2019, 9:04 AM CDT (14:04 UTC)
Expired
May 29, 2019, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 25 counties

Andrews County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jones County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Upton County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 331 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1318 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2019-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 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
1318 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
786 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
5.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 11:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Ector, Glasscock, Midland, Pecos, Reagan and 3 more117 min
May 29, 1:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Crane, Dawson and 24 more8 hr
May 29, 4:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Coke, Ector, Fisher, Glasscock and 18 more115 min
May 29, 7:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin and 7 more119 min
May 29, 8:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Grayson, Hood and 8 more4 hr
May 29, 10:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay7 hr
May 29, 12:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 26 more87 min
May 29, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin and 35 more9 hr
May 29, 2:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, Mason and 5 more2 hr
May 29, 3:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas and 23 more63 min
May 29, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Red River and 4 more7 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.