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Mesoscale Discussion 194
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 9, 2016, 3:59 AM CST for 29 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 9, 2016, 3:59 AM CST (09:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 9, 2016, 6:30 AM CST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Chance of a watch
- 40%
All 29 counties
Anderson County, TX, Angelina County, TX, Austin County, TX, Brazos County, TX, Burleson County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Fort Bend County, TX, Grimes County, TX, Hardin County, TX, Harris County, TX, Houston County, TX, Jasper County, TX, Leon County, TX, Liberty County, TX, Madison County, TX, Montgomery County, TX, Nacogdoches County, TX, Polk County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rusk 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), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:01 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
Lake Charles Mun, LA (KLCH), 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
- 1426 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 285 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 333 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.5
- Supercell composite
- 11.3
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 8, 6:25 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Brooks, Dimmit, Duval, Edwards, Frio and 13 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar and 46 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 8, 7:07 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bosque, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Comanche and 37 more | 113 min |
| Mar 8, 9:26 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bell and 44 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 8, 11:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aransas, Atascosa, Austin, Bastrop, Bee, Bell and 63 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Angelina, Aransas, Austin, Bee, Brazoria, Brooks and 47 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 7:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Aransas, Bee, Brazoria, Calhoun, Fort Bend, Goliad and 8 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:07 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chambers, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Newton and 2 more | 2 hr |
| Mar 9, 10:29 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Fort Bend, Harris, Jackson and 6 more | 91 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.