Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1103
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2003, 5:17 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 88 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2003, 5:17 PM CDT (22:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2003, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 88 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties
Archer County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 13 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
- 756 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 958 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 67 min |
| May 24, 1:03 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Foard, Gray and 8 more | 117 min |
| May 24, 9:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Lamar, Red River | 5 hr |
| May 24, 11:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar | 93 min |
| May 24, 1:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Castro, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Gray and 7 more | 2 hr |
| May 24, 3:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Carson and 37 more | 86 min |
| May 24, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 33 more | 6 hr |
| May 24, 5:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Carson, Castro, Cochran, Dallam and 21 more | 96 min |
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.