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Mesoscale Discussion 398

March 26, 200548 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2005, 10:05 AM CST for 48 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2005, 10:05 AM CST (16:05 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2005, 12:00 PM CST
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 48 counties

Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Frio County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Houston County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Medina County, TX, Milam County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 369 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 316 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, Lake Charles Mun, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-232 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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, 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, 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.