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Mesoscale Discussion 1052

June 2, 200445 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 2, 2004, 11:26 AM CDT for 45 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 2, 2004, 11:26 AM CDT (16:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2004, 1:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 45 counties

Archer County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Young County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 630 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 12:00Z on 2004-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
630 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-365 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.2

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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
Jun 1, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 39 more6 hr
Jun 1, 10:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Camp, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 16 more60 min
Jun 1, 11:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCNewton5 hr
Jun 2, 1:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Coryell and 38 more116 min
Jun 2, 1:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam3 hr
Jun 2, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay4 hr
Jun 2, 3:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Briscoe, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 21 more116 min
Jun 2, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArmstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 10 more7 hr
Jun 2, 4:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 16 more5 hr
Jun 2, 4:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Lamar, Red River56 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Titus and 1 more6 hr
Jun 2, 5:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Archer, Baylor, Bosque, Callahan, Camp and 48 more6 hr
Jun 2, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle and 23 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.