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Mesoscale Discussion 902

May 24, 2022Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 20 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2022, 3:26 PM MDT for Chaves County, Eddy County, Lea County, New Mexico; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2022, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2022, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
94 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 268
All 23 counties

Chaves County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Lea County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Ector County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Terry County, TX, Yoakum County, TX

The radar

The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 108 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 966 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 12:00Z on 2022-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 219 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
966 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
219 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:20 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCurry, Harding, Quay, Union85 min
May 23, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCurry, Roosevelt6 hr
May 24, 11:59 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChaves, Lea, Roosevelt91 min
May 24, 1:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChaves, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt7 hr
May 23, 7:32 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen and 2 more118 min
May 23, 8:53 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCastro, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale and 7 more67 min
May 23, 9:43 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy2 hr
May 24, 1:18 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 5 more117 min
May 24, 8:48 AM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson and 2 more87 min
May 24, 12:42 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 43 more93 min
May 24, 1:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 52 more7 hr
May 24, 3:49 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Coleman, Collin, Comanche, Concho and 41 more116 min
May 24, 4:57 PM MDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Kinney, Maverick, Zavala2 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.