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Mesoscale Discussion 522
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 22, 2025, 8:53 PM CDT for 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 22, 2025, 8:53 PM CDT (01:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2025, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 97 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 159
All 37 counties
Andrews County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Terry County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The Midland/Odessa radar (KMAF), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 76 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
- 1535 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 91 min |
| Apr 22, 10:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Foard and 12 more | 93 min |
| Apr 23, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Collin, Comanche and 26 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 1:32 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton and 7 more | 118 min |
| Apr 23, 2:16 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Frio, La Salle, McMullen, Medina, Uvalde and 1 more | 119 min |
| Apr 23, 2:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Jeff Davis and 10 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brewster, Crane, Ector, Loving, Midland, Pecos and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 23, 4:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Armstrong, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 36 more | 113 min |
| Apr 23, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 34 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 23, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Loving, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 2 more | 95 min |
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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.