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Mesoscale Discussion 288
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 19, 2013, 10:24 PM CDT for 34 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 19, 2013, 10:24 PM CDT (03:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2013, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 34 counties
Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hays County, TX, Hill County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Mason County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Robertson County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Travis County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Williamson County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1868 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 19, 7:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Brown, Burleson and 18 more | 91 min |
| Mar 20, 1:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Austin, Bastrop, Blanco, Brazoria, Burleson, Burnet and 13 more | 94 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.