Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2005
Mesoscale Discussion 396
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 6:12 AM CST for 48 counties in Texas. It was in force for 63 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 26, 2005, 6:12 AM CST (12:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 26, 2005, 7:15 AM CST
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comal County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hays County, TX, Hill County, TX, Irion County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Real County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Travis County, TX, Val Verde County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Del Rio, TX (KDRT), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1739 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 545 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 64 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 145 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 175 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.7
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 25, 8:02 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Brown, Burleson and 51 more | 118 min |
| Mar 25, 8:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Fayette, Grimes, Houston and 12 more | 95 min |
| Mar 26, 12:56 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown and 48 more | 94 min |
| Mar 26, 1:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 35 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Blanco, Borden, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 45 more | 115 min |
| Mar 26, 6:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Burnet, Concho and 30 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 10:05 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bell and 42 more | 115 min |
| Mar 26, 12:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Loving | 2 hr |
| Mar 26, 4:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Marion, Morris, Red River and 1 more | 2 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.