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Skew-T Diagram for Del Rio, TX

#6 Del Rio , Texas

CAPE:

 Good: 1765 J/kg, some CIN.

Deep Layer Shear:

 Good: 40 knots 0-6 km shear from 180 degrees of veering 0-3 km.

Mid-level Lapse Rates:

 Excellent: steep throughout the growth zone.

Freezing Level:

 15.1 kft

Overall Threat of Severe Hail:

 Moderate: CAPE is good and there are great mid-level laspe rates. For a high threat, it's be nice to see a little better shear and higher CAPE.

Summary of the Event:

Date of Sounding: 27 May 2001 @ 00 UTC
A supercell formed overnight in southwest Texas, and struck the KDFX (Del Rio) radome with 4.00 inch hail and winds to 84 knots. The combined effects of the enormous hail followed by the wind caused the radome to collapse. Several goats in the area were killed by the hail.

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