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Mesoscale Discussion 1949

August 9, 200572 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 9, 2005, 12:55 PM CDT for 72 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2005, 12:55 PM CDT (17:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2005, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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, Fort Worth, TX at 12:00Z on 2005-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1281 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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.