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Mesoscale Discussion 600
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 15, 2020, 2:30 PM CDT for 60 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 2020, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2020, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 60 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hall County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 2781 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1062 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 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 15, 1:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Foard and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 15, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Foard and 8 more | 8 hr |
| May 15, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bandera, Borden, Brewster, Brown, Callahan and 66 more | 7 hr |
| May 15, 3:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wichita | 84 min |
| May 15, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coke and 37 more | 2 hr |
| May 15, 6:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Grayson, Hardeman and 4 more | 2 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.