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Mesoscale Discussion 548

April 24, 202522 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 24, 2025, 6:34 PM CDT for 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 2025, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 2025, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Concerning
Tornado watch 167
All 22 counties

Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Garza County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Kent County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Moore County, TX, Motley County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 72 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 813 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2025-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 264 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
813 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
264 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
440 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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, 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 23, 10:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby and 17 more2 hr
Apr 23, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell, Knox and 3 more6 hr
Apr 24, 2:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton and 9 more2 hr
Apr 24, 6:37 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke, Coryell, Dallas and 22 more2 hr
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, 2:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 28 more114 min
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, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 26 more7 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, 6:56 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.