632
ACUS11 KWNS 061916
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 061915
TXZ000-NMZ000-062045-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0720
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0215 PM CDT TUE MAY 06 2025
AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO INTO WESTERN TEXAS
CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY
VALID 061915Z - 062045Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT
SUMMARY...STRONGER STORMS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON, POSING A RISK
FOR A SEVERE GUST, INSTANCE OF HAIL, OR A LANDSPOUT TORNADO. THE
SEVERE THREAT APPEARS TOO ISOLATED AND/OR LOCALIZED TO WARRANT A WW
ISSUANCE.
DISCUSSION...CONVECTION IS BEGINNING TO DEEPEN BENEATH AND
IMMEDIATELY AHEAD OF AN UPPER LOW THAT IS SLOWLY DRIFTING EASTWARD
ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ROCKIES. A PLUME OF COLDER MID-LEVEL
TEMPERATURES ACCOMPANYING THIS UPPER LOW IS ADVECTING EASTWARD,
RESULTING IN A STEEP MID-LEVEL LAPSE RATE PLUME OVERSPREADING A
DESTABILIZING AIRMASS. TO THE WEST OF A REMNANT
NORTHWEST-TO-SOUTHEAST ORIENTED BAROCLINIC BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS
THE TX PANHANDLE, SURFACE TEMPERATURES ARE RISING INTO THE 60S F
AMID UPPER 40S F DEWPOINTS, CONTRIBUTING TO OVER 500 J/KG MLCAPE
GIVEN THE AFOREMENTIONED COLDER TEMPERATURES ALOFT. GIVEN SCANT
BUOYANCY AND DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL SHEAR, THE OVERALL SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD REMAIN ISOLATED, HENCE NO WW ISSUANCE PLANNED. HOWEVER, A
SEVERE GUST OR INSTANCE OF HAIL MAY ACCOMPANY ONE OF THE STRONGER
STORMS THAT MANAGES TO MATERIALIZE. FURTHERMORE, DEEP-LAYER VERTICAL
ORIENTED VORTICITY (INCLUDING AT LOW LEVELS) DOES OVERLAP WITH WELL
OVER 100 J/KG 0-3 KM CAPE IN FAR EASTERN NM, WHERE A LANDSPOUT COULD
FORM IF A ROBUST UPDRAFT CAN DEVELOP AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
ENVIRONMENT.
..SQUITIERI/GLEASON.. 05/06/2025
..PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT
ATTN...WFO...LUB...AMA...MAF...ABQ...
LAT...LON 33100493 33750466 34430446 35040419 35250389 35390333
35110265 34430199 33350123 32880158 32690232 32720345
32720415 33100493
MOST PROBABLE PEAK TORNADO INTENSITY...UP TO 95 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK WIND GUST...UP TO 60 MPH
MOST PROBABLE PEAK HAIL SIZE...UP TO 1.25 IN
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
Main Text Page