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Mesoscale Discussion 1168

June 10, 200423 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2004, 1:58 AM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2004, 1:58 AM CDT (06:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2004, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Anderson County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Milam County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 255 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 104 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 00:00Z on 2004-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 158 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
104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-47 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
158 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
274 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 10, 3:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChildress, Collingsworth, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Wheeler83 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.