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Mesoscale Discussion 1192

June 1, 200314 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2003, 10:16 PM CDT for 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2003, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2003, 11:15 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1772 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2003-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 43 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1772 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2629 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
162 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

638 
ACUS11 KWNS 020316
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 020316 
TXZ000-020415-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1192
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1016 PM CDT SUN JUN 01 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...NWRN TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 460...

VALID 020316Z - 020415Z

GREATEST SEVERE THREAT FROM NEAR SJT TO NORTH OF ABI DURING THE NEXT
HOUR OR SO.

A SMALL BOW LOCATED ABOUT 20 N OF SJT MOVING SEWD AT 45 KT, THIS
MOTION WOULD TAKE THE STRONGEST WINDS TO JUST NORTHEAST OF SJT. A
SUPERCELLS WAS LOCATED SE OF THIS BOW...ABOUT 40 ENE SJT. THIS STORM
IS MOVING ESEWD AT 25 KT AND HAIL IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE
GIVEN THE VERY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE. A BRIEF WEAK TORNADO IS ALSO
POSSIBLE WITH THIS SEWD MOVING STORM.

STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DEVELOP/SPREAD EWD ACROSS NRN TX
THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING AS AN UPPER TROUGH IN WRN TX
MOVES EWD.

..IMY.. 06/02/2003

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...FWD...SJT...LUB...

31800117 32090054 32790015 33160000 32999883 31649880
30840102

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke and 19 more7 hr
Jun 1, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby and 24 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 51 more5 hr
Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger95 min
Jun 1, 9:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector and 18 more116 min
Jun 1, 11:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 5 more87 min
Jun 1, 11:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Erath and 16 more2 hr
Jun 2, 1:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche and 28 more63 min
Jun 2, 11:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Cherokee and 34 more2 hr
Jun 2, 12:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 39 more6 hr
Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet and 35 more117 min
Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 37 more5 hr
Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 35 more62 min
Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham5 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.