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Mesoscale Discussion 313

March 19, 200543 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2005, 7:03 PM CST for 43 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2005, 7:03 PM CST (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2005, 8:30 PM CST
In force
87 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Angelina County, TX, Aransas County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bee County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Calhoun County, TX, Colorado County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Duval County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kleberg 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, Nueces County, TX, Polk County, TX, Refugio County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX

The radar

The Houston radar (KHGX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 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 nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1536 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 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
1536 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
714 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.3

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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 19, 9:36 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Colorado and 23 more84 min
Mar 20, 2:00 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAransas, Duval, Jim Wells, Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio2 hr

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.