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Mesoscale Discussion 350

March 26, 200737 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 26, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT for 37 counties in Texas. It was in force for 88 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 26, 2007, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Mar 26, 2007, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 37 counties

Aransas County, TX, Atascosa County, TX, Bandera County, TX, Bee County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brooks County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Dimmit County, TX, Duval County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Jim Hogg County, TX, Jim Wells County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kinney County, TX, Kleberg County, TX, La Salle County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Maverick County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Nueces County, TX, Refugio County, TX, San Patricio County, TX, Uvalde County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Webb County, TX, Wilson County, TX, Zavala County, TX

The radar

The Corpus Christi radar (KCRP), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 159 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 648 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2007-03-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
648 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.1

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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, 10:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kimble, Schleicher, Sutton, Val Verde115 min
Mar 26, 11:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Dimmit, Frio, Kendall, Medina, Zavala63 min
Mar 26, 2:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bexar, Comal, Duval, Frio, Guadalupe and 10 more59 min
Mar 26, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Duval, Frio and 12 more6 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.