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Mesoscale Discussion 903

May 24, 202247 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2022, 4:49 PM CDT for 47 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2022, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2022, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe thunderstorm watch 269
All 47 counties

Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Irion County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:52 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 2022-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 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 2022-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-380 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
679 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
269 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
May 23, 7:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hale and 9 more85 min
May 23, 8:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Dimmit, Duval, Jim Hogg, La Salle, McMullen and 2 more118 min
May 23, 9:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCastro, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd, Hale and 7 more67 min
May 23, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens and 15 more6 hr
May 23, 10:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Starr, Willacy2 hr
May 24, 2:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 5 more117 min
May 24, 9:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jefferson and 2 more87 min
May 24, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Dawson, Gaines, Garza and 11 more91 min
May 24, 1:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 43 more93 min
May 24, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby, Dawson and 23 more7 hr
May 24, 2:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 52 more7 hr
May 24, 4:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 14 more94 min
May 24, 5:57 PM CDTMesoscale 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.