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Mesoscale Discussion 608
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 29, 2025, 3:55 PM CDT for 7 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2025, 3:55 PM CDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 29, 2025, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 95 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 190
Counties Dickens County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Stonewall County, TX
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1637 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1401 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
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 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Foard, Haskell, Jones, Knox, Shackelford and 3 more | 92 min |
| Apr 28, 11:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 6 more | 57 min |
| Apr 29, 12:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hemphill | 115 min |
| Apr 29, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler | 7 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 3 more | 114 min |
| Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Borden, Clay, Crosby, Dawson and 22 more | 2 hr |
| Apr 29, 2:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baylor, Borden, Childress, Coke, Cottle, Crane and 36 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 29, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Haskell and 7 more | 95 min |
| Apr 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Cooke, Fisher, Grayson and 11 more | 7 hr |
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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.