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Mesoscale Discussion 1242

June 5, 200311 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 2003, 9:00 AM CDT (14:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2003, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bell County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1184 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-06-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 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
1184 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Briscoe, Castro, Cochran and 28 more66 min
Jun 4, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 21 more5 hr
Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Archer, Bailey, Baylor, Borden, Briscoe and 39 more95 min
Jun 5, 12:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Dawson and 19 more62 min
Jun 5, 1:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Glasscock and 9 more6 hr
Jun 5, 2:22 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Eastland and 13 more83 min
Jun 5, 4:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Brown, Burnet, Comanche, Coryell, Erath and 9 more95 min
Jun 5, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBell, Burleson, Burnet, Coryell, Falls, Limestone and 4 more4 hr
Jun 5, 9:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 17 more5 hr
Jun 5, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette and 15 more57 min
Jun 5, 1:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells and 8 more91 min
Jun 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Hartley and 9 more6 hr
Jun 5, 5:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hemphill, Hutchinson and 4 more88 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.