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Mesoscale Discussion 1089

June 4, 200468 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 4, 2004, 5:35 PM CDT for 68 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2004, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 4, 2004, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Bell County, TX, Borden County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, Kimble County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2004-06-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 2004-06-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-356 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1089 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 4, 2:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Erath and 22 more2 hr
Jun 4, 2:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDallam, Sherman2 hr
Jun 4, 2:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Bosque, Callahan, Clay, Collin and 37 more5 hr
Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCDallam, Hansford, Hartley, Hutchinson, Moore, Sherman6 hr
Jun 4, 3:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCulberson, El Paso, Hudspeth, Loving, Reeves2 hr
Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Chambers, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson and 9 more2 hr
Jun 4, 6:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHansford, Hutchinson, Moore, Ochiltree, Roberts, Sherman116 min
Jun 4, 6:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Deaf Smith and 10 more83 min
Jun 4, 6:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Donley, Gray and 11 more4 hr

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.