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Mesoscale Discussion 391

March 25, 200557 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 25, 2005, 8:02 PM CST for 57 counties in Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2005, 8:02 PM CST (02:02 UTC)
Expired
Mar 25, 2005, 10:00 PM CST
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 57 counties

Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Walker County, TX, Williamson 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
69 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
242 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 25, 8:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 24 more6 hr
Mar 25, 10:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes, Houston and 12 more95 min
Mar 26, 12:56 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 48 more94 min
Mar 26, 1:25 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 35 more7 hr
Mar 26, 4:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more115 min
Mar 26, 6:12 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 42 more63 min
Mar 26, 6:40 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Concho and 30 more7 hr
Mar 26, 10:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 42 more115 min
Mar 26, 12:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLoving2 hr
Mar 26, 4:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 1 more2 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.