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Mesoscale Discussion 236
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2008, 1:09 AM CST for 15 parishes in Louisiana; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 64 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2008, 1:09 AM CST (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2008, 2:15 AM CST
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 85 counties
Acadia Parish, LA, Allen Parish, LA, Beauregard Parish, LA, Calcasieu Parish, LA, Cameron Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Evangeline Parish, LA, Grant Parish, LA, Jefferson Davis Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Rapides Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vermilion Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Carter County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Camp County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Panola County, TX, Parker County, TX, Polk County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Smith County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Walker County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 434 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 65 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 188 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 6:49 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Avoyelles, Concordia, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Livingston, Pointe Coupee and 7 more | 56 min |
| Feb 16, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Caddo | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 6:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer and 14 more | 4 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Atascosa, Bexar, Dimmit, Frio, Guadalupe, Karnes and 3 more | 90 min |
| Feb 15, 10:38 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Grimes, Hardin, Harris, Jasper, Liberty and 7 more | 97 min |
| Feb 16, 2:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Fisher, Glasscock and 16 more | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 10:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Bandera, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay and 39 more | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 12:01 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 30 more | 89 min |
| Feb 16, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 50 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 2:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brazos and 49 more | 90 min |
| Feb 16, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Brazoria, Brazos and 54 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:31 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 41 more | 59 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.