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Mesoscale Discussion 747

May 27, 202019 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 27, 2020, 5:05 PM CDT for 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 27, 2020, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2020, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 230...231

Counties Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Travis County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 259 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 994 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2020-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
994 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-202 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1162 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 12:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 16 more2 hr
May 27, 12:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho and 11 more2 hr
May 27, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazoria and 42 more9 hr
May 27, 1:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Kimble, McCulloch and 5 more7 hr
May 27, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Colorado, Fayette, Fort Bend, Harris, Lee and 3 more87 min
May 27, 3:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman, Concho, Lampasas and 6 more95 min
May 27, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 22 more8 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.