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Mesoscale Discussion 1044
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT for 31 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2004, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2004, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 3602 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 2.7
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Brazos, Cherokee, Ellis, Falls and 19 more | 4 hr |
| May 31, 11:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend and 6 more | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:31 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Austin, Bell, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 33 more | 59 min |
| Jun 1, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 50 more | 94 min |
| Jun 1, 6:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Houston, Jasper, Nacogdoches, Newton, Panola and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos and 55 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Archer, Bandera, Baylor, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 46 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Collin, Dallas, Delta, Denton, Ellis and 22 more | 86 min |
| Jun 1, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bell, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Denton and 22 more | 5 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.