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Mesoscale Discussion 394

March 26, 200551 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 4:20 AM CST for 51 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 4:20 AM CST (10:20 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 6:15 AM CST
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Bandera County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Borden County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ector County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Howard County, TX, Irion County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Martin County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mills County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Val Verde County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 145 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, Midland Regional, 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.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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897117136156Sfc1 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
2093 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
74 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
320 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, 8:02 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson and 51 more118 min
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, 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.