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Mesoscale Discussion 539

April 24, 2025Love County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2025, 6:37 AM CDT for Love County, Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2025, 6:37 AM CDT (11:37 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2025, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Severe potential...watch unlikely
Chance of a watch
20%
All 29 counties

Love County, OK, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 50 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 00:00Z on 2025-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1424 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 00:00Z on 2025-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1424 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1125 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 10:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson2 hr
Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman6 hr
Apr 24, 2:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson and 6 more2 hr
Apr 24, 2:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas114 min
Apr 24, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Texas7 hr
Apr 24, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 7 more7 hr
Apr 24, 5:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHarper, Woods94 min
Apr 23, 7:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 20 more90 min
Apr 23, 9:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell, Val Verde87 min
Apr 24, 10:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 33 more3 hr
Apr 24, 1:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Gaines and 8 more2 hr
Apr 24, 2:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet, Cherokee and 17 more117 min
Apr 24, 2:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Burnet and 22 more5 hr
Apr 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Cochran, Crane, Crockett and 20 more6 hr
Apr 24, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Fayette and 24 more2 hr
Apr 24, 6:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Crosby, Dickens, Donley and 16 more86 min
Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Dawson, Ector, Glasscock and 4 more94 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.