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Mesoscale Discussion 1362

June 12, 20035 counties in Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 12, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 12, 2003, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2003, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 646 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 00:00Z on 2003-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 245 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
646 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-325 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
761 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
245 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
15.8

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 12:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Love, Marshall and 2 more88 min
Jun 13, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Comanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 2 more5 hr
Jun 13, 5:11 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson and 2 more64 min
Jun 13, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 6 more85 min
Jun 13, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Comanche, Custer, Dewey and 10 more5 hr
Jun 13, 6:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Cherokee, Cleveland, Creek, Grady, Haskell and 18 more91 min
Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more5 hr
Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 10 more54 min
Jun 13, 10:26 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Concho, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch, Menard and 3 more94 min
Jun 13, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coke and 31 more6 hr
Jun 13, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHardin, Jasper, Newton, Orange, Sabine, Tyler119 min
Jun 13, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 14 more54 min
Jun 13, 2:56 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 20 more2 hr
Jun 13, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 40 more5 hr
Jun 13, 4:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 42 more96 min
Jun 13, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Cochran, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 11 more62 min
Jun 13, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Castro, Cochran, Coke and 29 more5 hr
Jun 13, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Duval and 15 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.