Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 1255
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2003, 12:51 AM CDT for 68 counties in Texas. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 2003, 12:51 AM CDT (05:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2003, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties
Andrews County, TX, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Denton County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Hood County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terry County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Yoakum County, TX, Young County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 585 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3200 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baylor, Borden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brown, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion, McCulloch and 8 more | 115 min |
| Jun 7, 11:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Coleman, Concho, Glasscock, Howard, McCulloch and 9 more | 113 min |
| Jun 8, 10:21 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 21 more | 114 min |
| Jun 8, 5:38 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brewster, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Terrell | 3 hr |
| Jun 8, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brewster, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Pecos, Presidio, Reeves and 1 more | 6 hr |
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.