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Mesoscale Discussion 964
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 10, 2023, 2:08 PM CDT for 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 2023, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Concerning
- Severe potential...watch likely
- Chance of a watch
- 95%
All 23 counties
Anderson County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Falls County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Houston County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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
Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 1436 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1284 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 10:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bandera, Concho, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Gillespie and 16 more | 116 min |
| Jun 10, 10:14 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 10, 10:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 43 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 3:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Sabine | 2 hr |
| Jun 10, 5:55 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Anderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Cherokee, Collin and 32 more | 95 min |
| Jun 10, 6:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Dallam, Hansford, Sherman | 63 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.