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Mesoscale Discussion 656

May 5, 202227 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 5, 2022, 9:45 AM CDT for 27 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2022, 9:45 AM CDT (14:45 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 2022, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch likely
Chance of a watch
80%
All 27 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, Milam County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:47 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 watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 178 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1562 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 274 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1562 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-147 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
346 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.2

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crockett, Edwards, Fisher, Glasscock, Haskell and 18 more119 min
May 4, 7:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Foard, Hall and 4 more84 min
May 4, 9:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Frio and 7 more5 hr
May 4, 9:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Foard, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger92 min
May 4, 9:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCallahan, Coke, Crockett, Haskell, Irion, Jones and 8 more28 min
May 4, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell and 7 more6 hr
May 4, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBexar, Medina90 min
May 4, 11:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClay, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger117 min
May 5, 10:13 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bowie and 54 more8 hr
May 5, 12:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 32 more63 min
May 5, 1:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFannin, Lamar, Red River87 min
May 5, 3:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Brazos, Cherokee, Grimes, Houston, Madison and 7 more2 hr
May 5, 5:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Blanco, Burleson, Caldwell, Fayette and 15 more97 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.