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Mesoscale Discussion 183
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 8, 2016, 3:57 AM CST for 42 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 3:57 AM CST (09:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 6:00 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties
Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Brown County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Erath County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Real County, TX, Runnels County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Schleicher County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sutton County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Tom Green County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 440 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 909 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 424 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 508 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
The text
As transmitted.
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ACUS11 KWNS 080958
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 080957
TXZ000-OKZ000-081200-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0183
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0357 AM CST TUE MAR 08 2016
AREAS AFFECTED...CNTRL TX
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 36...
VALID 080957Z - 081200Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 36
CONTINUES.
SUMMARY...A THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS CONTINUES ACROSS
MUCH OF CNTRL INTO NWRN TX THIS MORNING.
DISCUSSION...A COMPLEX OF STORMS CONTINUES TO DEVELOP NEWD ACROSS
CNTRL TX. THE LEADING CLUSTER OF STORMS WAS AFFECTING THE ABILENE
AREA AS OF 10Z AND WILL EVENTUALLY MOVE OUT OF THE WATCH TOWARD THE
RED RIVER. SOME SEVERE RISK MAY EXIST AT THAT TIME...WITH AN
ADDITIONAL WATCH POSSIBLE DUE TO HAIL.
TO THE S...SOME OF THE STRONGER CORES WERE ASSOCIATED WITH CELLS
DEVELOPING JUST AHEAD OF THE MAIN LINE...SUCH AS THE SUPERCELL OVER
KIMBLE COUNTY WHICH SHOWS SIGNS OF SEVERE HAIL. OTHERWISE...GUSTY
WINDS CONTINUE TO BE APPARENT WITH THE ENTIRE LINE OF STORMS.
GENERAL STORM TRENDS...AS SEEN OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS...ARE
EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH THE BULK OF THE
ACTIVITY REMAINING ACROSS WATCH 36.
..JEWELL.. 03/08/2016
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...FWD...OUN...EWX...SJT...LUB...
LAT...LON 29679960 29700053 30210095 33000007 34339916 34259832
33729766 32309773 31139821 29979886 29679960SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 7, 6:42 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Comanche, Cooke, Dallas, Denton, Ellis and 10 more | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 11:41 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Borden, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Dawson and 27 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Collin and 48 more | 10 hr |
| Mar 8, 3:36 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Dickens and 6 more | 84 min |
| Mar 8, 7:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Bosque and 64 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:24 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Blanco, Brazos, Burleson and 29 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:00 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Burleson, Burnet and 35 more | 90 min |
| Mar 8, 10:46 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Cherokee, Hardin, Houston, Jasper, Liberty and 12 more | 89 min |
| Mar 8, 12:41 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Angelina, Austin, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Chambers and 34 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 8, 1:10 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brown, Burnet, Coke and 32 more | 95 min |
| Mar 8, 3:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bowie, Cass, Chambers, Cherokee and 24 more | 94 min |
| Mar 8, 5:52 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Hardin, Jasper, Newton, Sabine, San Augustine and 2 more | 83 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.