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Mesoscale Discussion 918

May 14, 200835 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 14, 2008, 5:13 AM CDT for 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 14, 2008, 5:13 AM CDT (10:13 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 2008, 6:45 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hays County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Travis County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 261 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3961 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2008-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
3961 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
681 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-70 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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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
May 13, 7:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCPanola2 hr
May 13, 8:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Clay, Coleman, Comanche, Cooke, Denton and 10 more85 min
May 13, 8:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Concho, Edwards and 15 more91 min
May 13, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 56 more7 hr
May 13, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Comal, Fayette and 5 more6 hr
May 13, 11:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 18 more94 min
May 14, 12:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Armstrong, Baylor, Briscoe, Childress, Clay and 26 more85 min
May 14, 1:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Comal, Dimmit and 19 more56 min
May 14, 1:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Comal, Dimmit, Edwards and 12 more6 hr
May 14, 2:28 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brown, Burnet and 58 more92 min
May 14, 2:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 26 more91 min
May 14, 3:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 25 more6 hr
May 14, 5:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 7 more97 min
May 14, 6:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 30 more63 min
May 14, 7:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more119 min
May 14, 7:50 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Brazos, Burleson, Cherokee and 28 more7 hr
May 14, 10:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos and 34 more97 min
May 14, 12:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Dawson, Gaines, Terry, Yoakum93 min
May 14, 12:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Dawson and 22 more6 hr
May 14, 3:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Kinney, Menard and 5 more27 min
May 14, 3:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Coleman and 37 more7 hr
May 14, 3:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Brazos, Burleson, Falls and 9 more92 min
May 14, 5:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOrange63 min
May 14, 6:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Coke, Crane, Crosby and 27 more67 min
May 14, 6:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Foard, Hardeman, Knox and 2 more95 min

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.