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Mesoscale Discussion 439

April 7, 20036 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 7, 2003, 3:36 PM CDT for 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2003, 3:36 PM CDT (20:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 7, 2003, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Edwards County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Maverick County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Val Verde 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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 37 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-04-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 973 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, Del Rio, TX at 12:00Z on 2003-04-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 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
973 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1167 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The text

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

130 
ACUS11 KWNS 072037
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 072036 
TXZ000-072230-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0439
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0336 PM CDT MON APR 07 2003

AREAS AFFECTED...PORTIONS SW/S-CENTRAL TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 072036Z - 072230Z

TSTMS MAY DEVELOP ALONG COMBINED FRONTAL/OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
ANALYZED FROM TERR ELL COUNTY EWD TO PORTIONS GILLESPIE COUNTY. 
LARGE HAIL IS LIKELY FROM ANY TSTMS THAT DEVELOP...WITH DAMAGING
WIND ALSO POSSIBLE.  WW MAY BE REQUIRED.



BOUNDARY ACROSS PORTIONS TERRELL/VAL VERDE/EDWARDS COUNTIES HAS
BEEN REINFORCED BY OUTFLOW FROM EARLIER TSTMS SW SJT AND REMAINS
PROGRESSIVE BUT IS DECELERATING IN ITS SWD MOTION.  EXPECT
BOUNDARY TO STALL IN THIS AREA AND DRIFT NWD ELSEWHERE FOR
ANOTHER 2-3 HOURS BEFORE POST-FRONTAL ISALLOBARIC FORCING CAUSES
RENEWED SWD MOTION.    MEANWHILE...TCU NOW EVIDENT IN VIS IMAGERY
ALONG/S OF BOUNDARY WOULD NOT BE UNDERCUT SUBSTANTIALLY BY COLD
BOUNDARY LAYER DENSITY CURRENT...AND MAY DEVELOP INTO CB. 
MODIFIED DRT RAOB AND RUC FORECAST SOUNDINGS SUGGEST VERY LITTLE
CINH REMAINING WITH 8-9 DEG C MIDLEVEL LAPSE RATES CONTRIBUTING
TO ROUGHLY 2000 J/KG MLCAPE.  MOISTURE ADVECTION AND TRANSPORT
WILL CONTINUE ON WARM SECTOR SSEWD TOWARD RIO GRANDE
ALLEY...HELPING TO MAINTAIN CAPE EVEN AFTER PEAK OF DIABATIC SFC
HEATING PASSES.  REGIONAL VWP DATA SHOWS 5-15 KT SELY FLOW AROUND
850 MB -- WHICH BECOMES 15-20 KT SR INFLOW WITH REASONABLE EWD
STORM MOTIONS ALONG BOUNDARY.  ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP
IN ZONE OF OROGRAPHIC FORCING OVER MEX MOUNTAINS W DRT...MOVING
EWD TOWARD TX BORDER.  OBSERVED 20-25 DEG F SURFACE DEW POINT
DEPRESSIONS AND ACCORDINGLY MIXED BOUNDARY LAYER PROFILES IN
FORECAST SOUNDINGS YIELD INVERTED-V THERMODYNAMIC PROFILE
SUITABLE FOR EVAPORATIVELY MAINTAINING/STRENGTHENING CONVECTIVE
DOWNDRAFTS BETWEEN CLOUD BASE AND SFC.



..EDWARDS.. 04/07/2003

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

ATTN...WFO...EWX...MAF...

29800193 30150200 30250002 29819931 29429930 28510035

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 9:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Orange3 hr
Apr 7, 10:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange6 hr
Apr 7, 12:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria and 28 more66 min
Apr 7, 1:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bee, Bexar, Brazoria, Caldwell and 23 more5 hr
Apr 7, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Orange3 hr
Apr 7, 2:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Orange114 min
Apr 7, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Liberty, Orange5 hr
Apr 7, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bee, Bexar, Blanco, Caldwell and 22 more5 hr
Apr 7, 5:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChambers, Galveston, Jefferson2 hr

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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.