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Mesoscale Discussion 1155

June 13, 201228 counties in Texas

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2012-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2223 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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 13, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Culberson, Dawson, Ector and 12 more84 min
Jun 14, 1:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Cherokee, Clay, Collin, Cooke and 36 more2 hr
Jun 14, 3:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Cochran and 21 more61 min
Jun 14, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArmstrong, Bailey, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress and 38 more9 hr
Jun 14, 4:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock and 11 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.