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Mesoscale Discussion 75

February 4, 20049 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 4, 2004, 3:22 PM CST for 9 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 4, 2004, 3:22 PM CST (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Feb 4, 2004, 5:45 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Aransas County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 2004-02-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 121 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 12:00Z on 2004-02-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 277 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
121 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-251 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
498 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

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ACUS11 KWNS 042122
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 042122 
TXZ000-042345-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0075
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0322 PM CST WED FEB 04 2004

AREAS AFFECTED...MIDDLE TX COAST

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL 

VALID 042122Z - 042345Z

THE POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE-BASED TSTM DEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED TO
INCREASE ACROSS THE MIDDLE AND UPPER TX COAST THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. CONVECTIVE TRENDS WILL BE
MONITORED AND A WW MAY BE REQUIRED.

LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS AND VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOW BOUNDARY
DELIMITING NWRN EDGE OF MARITIME TROPICAL AIRMASS FROM NEAR BUOY
42020 /APPROXIMATELY 80SE CRP/ TO AROUND 50 SE GLS LIFTING NWD AT
25-30KTS. CONVERGENCE INVOF THIS BOUNDARY WITHIN WEAKLY CAPPED AND
MODERATELY UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT HAVE ALLOWED SEVERAL TSTMS TO
DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE NWRN GULF...INCLUDING A SUPERCELL
70SSE GLS.

PRESSURE FALLS AHEAD OF 110-120KT UPPER-LEVEL JET STREAK TRANSLATING
EWD OUT OF NRN MEXICO SHOULD SUSTAIN NWD MOVEMENT OF WARM
FRONT/MARINE BOUNDARY WITH EXTRAPOLATION PLACING THIS FEATURE INVOF
MIDDLE AND UPPER TX COAST BETWEEN 2130 AND 2230Z.  IT APPEARS THAT
THE SURFACE WARM SECTOR WILL REMAIN OFFSHORE FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS
FROM ABOUT GLS EWD...WHERE THE TROPICAL MOISTURE SURGE IS LIKELY
SPREADING NWD ABOVE THE NEAR SURFACE COOL AIR MASS.  EXPECT THE
POTENTIAL FOR SURFACE-BASED TSTMS TO INCREASE ALONG THE COAST FROM
VCT TO GLS OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS AS MODERATELY UNSTABLE
AIRMASS /CHARACTERIZED BY MLCAPES OF 500-1500 J/KG/ SPREADS INLAND.
ALTHOUGH SURFACE WINDS WILL VEER TO SELY WITH PASSAGE OF
BOUNDARY...SHEAR PROFILES WILL STILL REMAIN QUITE FAVORABLE FOR
ISOLATED SUPERCELLS.

IF IT BECOMES APPARENT THAT ANY DEVELOPING STORMS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
TO THE COAST ARE ROOTED NEAR THE SURFACE... A WW MAY BE REQUIRED.

..MEAD.. 02/04/2004

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...HGX...CRP...

27709727 27969759 28419742 28789705 29319638 29469567
29519518 29079512 27919697

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 4, 3:58 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLipscomb3 hr

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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.