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Mesoscale Discussion 697
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 10, 2026, 3:11 PM CDT for 38 counties in Texas. It was in force for 94 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 10, 2026, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2026, 4:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe thunderstorm watch 196
All 38 counties
Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hood County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -462 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 12:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 21 more | 95 min |
| May 10, 1:24 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Dallas, Ellis and 21 more | 96 min |
| May 10, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Borden, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more | 9 hr |
| May 10, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 27 more | 8 hr |
| May 10, 6:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Brazos, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 11 more | 89 min |
| May 10, 6:15 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet and 30 more | 3 hr |
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.