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Mesoscale Discussion 908
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2023, 1:31 PM MDT for 11 counties in New Mexico; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 119 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2023, 1:31 PM MDT (19:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2023, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 23 counties
Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Eddy County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lea County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Andrews County, TX, Bailey County, TX, Cochran County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Loving County, TX, Parmer County, TX, Reeves County, TX, Ward County, TX, Winkler County, TX, Yoakum County, TX
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 233 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1645 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 5 more | 7 hr |
| May 31, 5:42 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Lea and 3 more | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:45 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore and 3 more | 90 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2023Mesoscale Discussions in New Mexico, 2023Every mesoscale discussion in 2023
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.