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Mesoscale Discussion 1117

June 6, 20046 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 6, 2004, 2:07 PM CDT for 6 counties in Oklahoma; 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2004, 2:07 PM CDT (19:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2004, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Murray County, OK, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 43 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 2004-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 127 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 2004-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -124 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
127 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-158 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 5, 7:48 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Harper, Texas57 min
Jun 5, 9:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 9 more54 min
Jun 6, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher, Major and 1 more2 hr
Jun 6, 5:39 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 3 more3 hr
Jun 5, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCallahan, Coke, Coleman, Eastland, Fisher, Haskell and 10 more5 hr
Jun 6, 1:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Callahan and 34 more95 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.