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Mesoscale Discussion 755

May 28, 202028 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 28, 2020, 6:29 PM CDT for 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 2020, 6:29 PM CDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2020, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 233
All 28 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bee County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:30 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 nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 242 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 2020-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1784 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 2020-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1784 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
743 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.6

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 7:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBexar, Comal, Guadalupe, Kendall, Wilson2 hr
May 27, 9:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, DeWitt, Frio, Gonzales and 5 more115 min
May 28, 1:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bexar, Concho, Crockett, Edwards, Gillespie and 19 more2 hr
May 28, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 16 more5 hr
May 28, 3:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGalveston119 min

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.