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Mesoscale Discussion 167
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 18, 2013, 2:08 PM CST for 6 parishes in Louisiana; 25 counties in Texas. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 18, 2013, 2:08 PM CST (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2013, 3:15 PM CST
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 20%
All 31 counties
Beauregard Parish, LA, De Soto Parish, LA, Natchitoches Parish, LA, Red River Parish, LA, Sabine Parish, LA, Vernon Parish, LA, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Jefferson County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Newton County, TX, Orange County, TX, Polk County, TX, Sabine County, TX, San Augustine County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Shelby County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Tyler County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX
The radar
The Houston radar (KHGX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 1:29 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bossier, Caddo, De Soto, Webster | 2 hr |
| Feb 18, 2:19 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Red River and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 3:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, Jackson, Lincoln and 1 more | 83 min |
| Feb 18, 5:06 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sabine | 84 min |
| Feb 18, 5:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Jackson and 5 more | 91 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2013Mesoscale Discussions in Louisiana, 2013Every mesoscale discussion in 2013
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.