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Mesoscale Discussion 1136

June 3, 200526 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2005, 8:57 AM CDT for 26 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2005, 8:57 AM CDT (13:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 26 counties

Bandera County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Milam County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Austin/San Antonio radar (KEWX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3373 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 268 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
3373 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-136 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
268 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
386 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.1
Supercell composite
38.7

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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 2, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland and 6 more94 min
Jun 2, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 27 more7 hr
Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 26 more91 min
Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Cottle and 18 more7 hr
Jun 3, 3:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Cochran, Coke and 36 more89 min
Jun 3, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crockett, Dickens and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 6:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCFoard, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger90 min
Jun 3, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClay, Foard, Hardeman, Wichita, Wilbarger7 hr
Jun 3, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burnet and 52 more8 hr
Jun 3, 11:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 13 more2 hr
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 22 more116 min
Jun 3, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Knox, Montague, Wichita and 1 more5 hr
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Haskell, Jack and 6 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 23 more92 min
Jun 3, 5:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger58 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.