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Mesoscale Discussion 656
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2025, 3:44 PM CDT for 61 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 2, 2025, 3:44 PM CDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 2, 2025, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 212...215
All 61 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Medina County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, Real County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:46 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
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2406 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.5
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 1, 9:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardeman | 91 min |
| May 1, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clay, Cooke, Fannin, Grayson, Hardeman, Lamar and 3 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 2:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wichita | 117 min |
| May 2, 11:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop and 77 more | 115 min |
| May 2, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton and 6 more | 9 hr |
| May 2, 12:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 54 more | 9 hr |
| May 2, 1:23 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Mason and 6 more | 2 hr |
| May 2, 1:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Tyler | 118 min |
| May 2, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco and 46 more | 85 min |
| May 2, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio and 10 more | 8 hr |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Tyler | 96 min |
| May 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 36 more | 115 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.