Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 1063
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 29, 2005, 10:05 PM CDT for 46 counties in Texas. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 2005, 10:05 PM CDT (03:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2005, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 46 counties
Atascosa County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bee County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Madison County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Webb County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX
The radar
The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 788 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -303 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1521 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Coryell, Falls and 9 more | 90 min |
| May 29, 9:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg and 4 more | 89 min |
| May 29, 10:53 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Orange | 37 min |
| May 29, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 6 hr |
| May 29, 11:08 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces and 2 more | 67 min |
| May 29, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 6 hr |
| May 30, 1:33 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jefferson, Orange | 87 min |
| May 30, 1:55 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 95 min |
| May 30, 4:08 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Brooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, Willacy | 67 min |
| May 30, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Brazoria, Chambers, Fort Bend, Grimes, Hardin and 18 more | 117 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005
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.