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Mesoscale Discussion 562

April 24, 2022Schleicher County, Sutton County, Val Verde County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2022, 10:01 PM CDT for Schleicher County, Sutton County, Val Verde County, Texas. It was in force for 119 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2022, 10:01 PM CDT (03:01 UTC)
Expired
Apr 25, 2022, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
119 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 154

Counties Schleicher County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:03 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 nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 00:00Z on 2022-04-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1995 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 00:00Z on 2022-04-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
1995 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-133 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1767 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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
Apr 24, 8:10 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDelta, Hopkins, Lamar, Red River2 hr
Apr 25, 5:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Brooks, Duval, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy and 6 more119 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.