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Mesoscale Discussion 263

March 7, 200559 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 7, 2005, 9:08 AM CST for 59 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 7, 2005, 9:08 AM CST (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Mar 7, 2005, 10:45 AM CST
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 59 counties

Angelina County, TX, Aransas County, TX, 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, Calhoun County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

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 12:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 272 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 2005-03-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 572 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 2005-03-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
572 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
693 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.6

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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
Mar 7, 11:50 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Calhoun and 25 more6 hr
Mar 7, 12:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Collin and 27 more2 hr
Mar 7, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bowie, Brazos, Camp, Cass, Cherokee and 19 more5 hr
Mar 7, 3:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Cass, Cherokee, Freestone, Gregg, Harrison and 14 more89 min
Mar 7, 3:39 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Calhoun and 25 more96 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.