Alert archive / Texas / Mesoscale Discussions in 2008
Mesoscale Discussion 243
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 16, 2008, 3:31 PM CST for 47 counties in Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 16, 2008, 3:31 PM CST (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 16, 2008, 4:30 PM CST
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties
Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comal County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hays County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Real County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Travis County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:32 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 362 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 591 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 667 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.9
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 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 15, 11:43 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 24 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 16, 1:09 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Archer, Baylor, Camp, Chambers and 58 more | 66 min |
| Feb 16, 2:53 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Coke, Concho, Edwards, Fisher, Glasscock and 16 more | 67 min |
| Feb 16, 6:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Carson, Collingsworth, Donley, Gray, Hansford and 12 more | 4 hr |
| 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, 5:57 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Brazoria, Chambers, Cherokee, Colorado and 29 more | 2 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.