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Mesoscale Discussion 1350

June 21, 201154 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 21, 2011, 7:59 PM CDT for 54 counties in Texas. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 2011, 7:59 PM CDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 2011, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 54 counties

Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brewster County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Crockett County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Irion County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Pecos County, TX, Reagan County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Terrell County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Upton County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 347 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
347 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3073 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Jun 21, 10:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazos, Falls, Freestone, Houston, Leon, Limestone and 4 more84 min
Jun 22, 12:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Bexar, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell and 29 more31 min
Jun 22, 12:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bexar, Blanco and 35 more3 hr
Jun 22, 3:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bee, Colorado, Goliad, Grimes, La Salle and 8 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.