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Mesoscale Discussion 400

April 6, 200345 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 6, 2003, 3:39 AM CDT for 45 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 6, 2003, 3:39 AM CDT (08:39 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2003, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Marion County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Smith County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:38 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 2003-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 640 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 2003-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
640 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
896 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
353 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.3

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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
Apr 5, 6:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Briscoe, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Floyd and 9 more64 min
Apr 5, 6:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta and 23 more115 min
Apr 5, 6:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBriscoe, Childress, Cottle, Crosby, Dickens, Fisher and 16 more5 hr
Apr 5, 8:04 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 25 more116 min
Apr 5, 9:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Camp, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 31 more55 min
Apr 5, 9:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Clay, Collin and 38 more5 hr
Apr 5, 10:26 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Childress, Cottle, Dickens, Fisher, Foard and 11 more64 min
Apr 5, 11:43 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Camp, Clay, Collin, Cooke, Dallas and 31 more92 min
Apr 6, 3:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Clay and 39 more107 min
Apr 6, 4:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 27 more115 min
Apr 6, 5:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCWichita4 hr
Apr 6, 9:12 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin and 41 more2 hr
Apr 6, 10:20 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Morris, Panola55 min
Apr 6, 10:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 14 more6 hr
Apr 6, 12:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGregg, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Rusk117 min
Apr 6, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee, Collin, Cooke and 33 more5 hr
Apr 6, 2:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Delta, Lamar, Red River5 hr
Apr 6, 3:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Brazos, Cherokee, Delta, Freestone, Grimes and 21 more90 min
Apr 6, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby2 hr
Apr 6, 3:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Liberty and 9 more5 hr
Apr 6, 5:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Gregg, Hardin, Harrison, Jasper, Liberty and 10 more115 min
Apr 6, 6:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNewton, Sabine97 min

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.