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Mesoscale Discussion 1155
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 13, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT for 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 13, 2012, 8:33 PM CDT (01:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 28 counties
Anderson County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 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 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2223 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1431 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 9.9
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more | 84 min |
| Jun 14, 1:36 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 36 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 21 more | 61 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Armstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 14, 4:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Andrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock and 11 more | 95 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.