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Mesoscale Discussion 421
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 14, 2026, 1:24 PM CDT for 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 14, 2026, 1:24 PM CDT (18:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2026, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 25 counties
Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:27 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 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, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 136 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
- 956 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1273 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
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 14, 2:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Foard, Hardeman, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 14, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Borden, Callahan, Childress, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 32 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 14, 5:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cottle, Foard, Hardeman, King, Knox, Wichita and 1 more | 91 min |
| Apr 14, 6:46 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Crane, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Howard and 10 more | 89 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.