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Mesoscale Discussion 941

June 2, 201919 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2019, 1:17 AM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2019, 1:17 AM CDT (06:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2019, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Callahan County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Garza County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1467 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2019-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1945 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more7 hr
Jun 2, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland and 12 more4 hr
Jun 2, 4:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Eastland and 10 more85 min
Jun 2, 2:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Ector, Jeff Davis and 5 more115 min
Jun 2, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos and 5 more7 hr
Jun 2, 5:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCulberson, Loving, Reeves56 min
Jun 2, 6:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson and 5 more65 min

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.