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Mesoscale Discussion 362

March 28, 201743 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 28, 2017, 9:07 PM CDT for 43 counties in Texas. It was in force for 23 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2017, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Mar 28, 2017, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
95%
All 43 counties

Bandera County, TX, Bexar County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Brown County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Comal County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Concho County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Erath County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Hays County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kendall County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McCulloch County, TX, Medina County, TX, Menard County, TX, Mills 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, Uvalde County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The San Angelo radar (KSJT), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Del Rio, TX (KDLF), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 225 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2145 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Del Rio, TX at 00:00Z on 2017-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 150 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2145 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1440 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
246 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
16.9

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The text

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Crosby, Deaf Smith and 9 more60 min
Mar 28, 9:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 78 more8 hr
Mar 28, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Clay, Wichita, Wilbarger7 hr
Mar 28, 10:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Clay, Cooke, Montague, Wichita65 min
Mar 28, 11:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Bosque and 29 more92 min
Mar 29, 2:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCollin, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Hopkins and 7 more96 min
Mar 29, 8:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Galveston, Hardin and 12 more67 min
Mar 29, 1:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Harris, Jasper and 7 more2 hr
Mar 29, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jasper, Jefferson and 6 more7 hr
Mar 29, 4:17 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBowie, Cass, Morris8 hr
Mar 29, 5:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCJasper, Newton, Orange115 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.