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Mesoscale Discussion 184
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 8, 2016, 7:06 AM CST for 70 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 8, 2016, 7:06 AM CST (13:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2016, 9:30 AM CST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 80%
All 70 counties
Anderson County, TX, Austin County, TX, Bastrop County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brazoria County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Caldwell County, TX, Chambers County, TX, Collin County, TX, Colorado County, TX, Comal County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, DeWitt County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fayette County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Galveston County, TX, Gonzales County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Guadalupe County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Harris County, TX, Hays County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jackson County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Lavaca County, TX, Lee County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Madison County, TX, Matagorda County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Mills County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Jacinto County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Travis County, TX, Trinity County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Victoria County, TX, Walker County, TX, Waller County, TX, Washington County, TX, Wharton County, TX, Williamson County, TX, Wise County, TX
The radar
The Ft Hood radar (KGRK), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:08 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
Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 1032 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.5
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>SPC 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, 3:57 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Archer, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Clay, Coleman and 36 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 |
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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.