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Mesoscale Discussion 2513

November 17, 2003Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 17, 2003, 10:53 PM CST for Beauregard Parish, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 17, 2003, 10:53 PM CST (04:53 UTC)
Expired
Nov 18, 2003, 12:30 AM CST
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Tyler County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 8 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-11-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 877 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 00:00Z on 2003-11-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
877 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-1 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
58 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
222 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
7.0

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The text

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

882 
ACUS11 KWNS 180453
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 180453 
LAZ000-TXZ000-180630-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 2513
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1053 PM CST MON NOV 17 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...SERN TX INTO EXTREME SWRN LA

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 180453Z - 180630Z

TORNADO WATCH 952

REMNANTS OF OUTFLOW/COASTAL BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN ADVECTED NWD ON
INCREASING SLY LOW LEVEL FLOW...AND CURRENTLY EXTEND FROM
NATCHITOCHES-SABINE PARISHES WSW TO A CONFLUENT AXIS VCNTY KGLS. 
GENESIS FOR CONVECTION CONTINUES IN THE KGLS REGION...WITH STORMS
MOVING NWD ALONG THE CONFLUENT AXIS...THEN NEWD ALONG/SOUTH OF THE
OUTFLOW.  MOISTURE RICH AIR MASS ALONG/SE OF THESE STORMS ALONG WITH
FAVORABLE STORM RELATIVE HELICITY WILL CONTINUE THE TORNADO THREAT
ACROSS THE SABINE RIVER COUNTIES/PARISHES INTO SWRN LA THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. MOREOVER...NE-SW ORIENTED BAND OF TSTMS HAS MADE
PROGRESS TOWARD THE HOUSTON METRO AREA AND WILL OVERTAKE THE
CONFLUENT AXIS BY 0530-0630 UTC AND WILL NOT ONLY BOOST RAINFALL
RATES...BUT COULD GIVE LOCAL WIND DAMAGE/MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL. 

TORNADO WATCH 952 WILL LIKELY BE REISSUED FOR NEARLY THE SAME AREA
BY ABOUT 0515 UTC. 

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 953

LINE OF TSTMS CONTINUES TO MOVE EWD INTO EXTREME SERN TX AT 25 KTS
AND SHOULD BE ALONG THE ERN EDGE OF THE WATCH...MOVING INTO WT 952
BY 06 UTC.  HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL TSTMS DEVELOPING UPSTREAM CLOSER TO
THE TROUGH AXIS WILL MOVE INTO THE ENTIRE WATCH LATER TONIGHT. IT
APPEARS THE MAIN SEVERE THREATS HAVE MOVED FARTHER EAST... THOUGH
ISOLD MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL/DAMAGING WINDS MAY OCCUR. PRIND THAT
WS 953 WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 06 UTC.

..RACY.. 11/18/2003

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...LCH...HGX...CRP...

28689648 31019473 31069279 28839392 28639561

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Nov 17, 7:48 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Webster87 min
Nov 17, 8:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeauregard, Calcasieu, Natchitoches, Sabine, Vernon95 min
Nov 17, 9:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto and 12 more7 hr
Nov 17, 11:44 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBienville, Bossier, Caldwell, Claiborne, De Soto, Grant and 11 more91 min
Nov 17, 11:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Evangeline and 2 more5 hr
Nov 18, 2:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, East Baton Rouge and 25 more97 min
Nov 18, 2:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAcadia, Allen, Ascension, Assumption, Avoyelles, Beauregard and 32 more6 hr
Nov 18, 4:48 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Assumption, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville and 17 more117 min
Nov 18, 6:08 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAscension, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston, Orleans, Plaquemines and 8 more2 hr
Nov 18, 6:55 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAscension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, Lafourche, Livingston and 11 more5 hr
Nov 18, 10:30 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCSaint Bernard90 min
Nov 17, 6:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Grimes, Harris and 12 more5 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.