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Mesoscale Discussion 835

June 1, 202117 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT for 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2021, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%

Counties Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 2021-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 571 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 2021-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 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
571 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

374 
ACUS11 KWNS 020024
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 020024 
TXZ000-NMZ000-020200-

Mesoscale Discussion 0835
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0724 PM CDT Tue Jun 01 2021

Areas affected...portions of western Texas

Concerning...Severe potential...Watch unlikely 

Valid 020024Z - 020200Z

Probability of Watch Issuance...20 percent

SUMMARY...Isolated, marginally severe hail may briefly accompany one
of the stronger storms. A WW issuance is not expected.

DISCUSSION...Storms have organized into small, transient supercells
over the past couple of hours, with MRMS mosaic MESH data suggesting
that a couple of the storms may have briefly produced marginally
severe hail. These storms are propagating southward into an
environment with slightly higher mid-level lapse rates (exceeding
7.5 C/km per latest RAP forecast soundings), where up to 1000 J/kg
MLCAPE is present based on 00Z mesoanalysis. Diurnally driven
buoyancy overlapping 40 kts of effective bulk shear will continue to
support storm organization and the chance for a marginally severe
hailstone or damaging gust over the next few hours, as also
suggested by Warn-On-Forecast ensemble output. However, storms are
expected to gradually weaken after sunset when the boundary-layer
decouples. The isolated, brief nature of the severe threat precludes
a WW issuance.

..Squitieri/Guyer.. 06/02/2021

...Please see www.spc.noaa.gov for graphic product...

ATTN...WFO...LUB...MAF...ABQ...

LAT...LON   32200136 32010243 32130281 32560313 33370319 33910307
            34210246 34200169 34050115 33860101 33400090 32830097
            32330121 32200136

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Fisher, Haskell, Jones, Knox and 5 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Coke, Concho, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 11 more2 hr
Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Concho, Crockett, Dawson and 19 more6 hr
Jun 2, 4:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 18 more3 hr

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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.