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Mesoscale Discussion 2314

October 13, 200426 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 13, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 13, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT (04:00 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 2004, 1:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bee County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Llano County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Travis County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-10-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 837 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-10-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
837 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1187 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.