Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2003
Mesoscale Discussion 2132
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 9, 2003, 11:53 AM CDT for 30 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2003, 11:53 AM CDT (16:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2003, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties
Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hill County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 333 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
- 638 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -273 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1286 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:44 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Hill and 12 more | 91 min |
| Aug 9, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Edwards, Kinney, Real, Uvalde | 2 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.