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Mesoscale Discussion 1292

June 26, 201241 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 26, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT for 41 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2012, 6:58 PM CDT (23:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2012, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 41 counties

Atascosa County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bee County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Frio County, TX, Goliad County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Karnes County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Live Oak County, TX, Madison County, TX, McMullen County, TX, Medina County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Polk County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Wilson County, TX

The radar

The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Corpus Christi, TX (KCRP), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 240 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 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, Corpus Christi, TX at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 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
1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-172 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1814 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 26, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 49 more118 min
Jun 26, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Brazos and 35 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.