Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2006
Mesoscale Discussion 326
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 20, 2006, 2:08 AM CST for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 20, 2006, 2:08 AM CST (08:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2006, 3:15 AM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties
Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:11 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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 742 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 100 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 373 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
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 19, 6:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crane, Deaf Smith and 12 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar and 39 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 19, 8:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson and 17 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 19, 9:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Baylor, Borden, Briscoe, Callahan, Childress, Coke and 33 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 19, 10:32 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more | 118 min |
| Mar 19, 11:37 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos and 28 more | 83 min |
| Mar 20, 1:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee and 59 more | 64 min |
| Mar 20, 3:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers and 27 more | 24 min |
| Mar 20, 4:21 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton and 7 more | 24 min |
| Mar 20, 4:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Tyler | 5 hr |
| Mar 20, 6:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine | 54 min |
| Mar 20, 9:20 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Newton, Polk, Sabine and 1 more | 85 min |
| Mar 20, 12:47 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clay, Hardeman, Montague, Wichita, Wilbarger | 88 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006
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.