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Mesoscale Discussion 1192
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Collingsworth, Cooke and 19 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crane, Crosby and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 51 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 9:25 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Baylor, Knox, Wichita, Wilbarger | 95 min |
| Jun 1, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Borden, Crane, Crosby, Dawson, Ector and 18 more | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 11:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Crane, Ector, Glasscock, Howard, Martin and 5 more | 87 min |
| Jun 1, 11:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Comanche, Concho, Coryell, Erath and 16 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coleman, Comanche and 28 more | 63 min |
| Jun 2, 11:35 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Burleson, Burnet, Cherokee and 34 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 2, 2:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet and 35 more | 117 min |
| Jun 2, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 35 more | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley, Oldham | 5 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.