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Mesoscale Discussion 273

April 5, 200411 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 5, 2004, 11:55 PM CDT for 11 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 5, 2004, 11:55 PM CDT (04:55 UTC)
Expired
Apr 6, 2004, 2:00 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, Medina County, TX, Real County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-04-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 590 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, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2004-04-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 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
590 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
3.1

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 5, 10:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Frio, Gillespie and 13 more6 hr
Apr 6, 2:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bexar, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Dimmit and 12 more63 min
Apr 6, 7:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt and 14 more66 min
Apr 6, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 20 more5 hr
Apr 6, 9:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson and 20 more91 min
Apr 6, 10:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Chambers, Colorado, Fort Bend, Galveston and 3 more63 min
Apr 6, 11:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers and 20 more5 hr
Apr 6, 12:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers and 22 more83 min
Apr 6, 2:19 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Crosby and 22 more116 min
Apr 6, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Bee, Calhoun, DeWitt, Galveston, Goliad and 9 more62 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.