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Mesoscale Discussion 1328

June 11, 20039 counties in Oklahoma; 41 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2003, 3:25 PM CDT for 9 counties in Oklahoma; 41 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2003, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 50 counties

Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 222 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1010 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 12:00Z on 2003-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1010 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-220 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2150 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 9:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 18 more2 hr
Jun 11, 1:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, LeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah3 hr
Jun 11, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cotton, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 5 more5 hr
Jun 11, 6:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 32 more58 min
Jun 11, 1:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Archer, Bosque, Camp, Cherokee, Clay and 29 more115 min
Jun 11, 12:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kimble, Schleicher, Sutton, Terrell and 1 more91 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett and 31 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.