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Mesoscale Discussion 1511

June 25, 20035 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 25, 2003, 6:52 PM CDT for 5 states. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 25, 2003, 6:52 PM CDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 105 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Johnson County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Barry County, MO, Christian County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Stone County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Foard County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 57 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2726 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2003-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2726 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
678 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 8:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDecatur, Graham, Logan, Norton, Rawlins, Sheridan and 3 more54 min
Jun 25, 10:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 38 more114 min
Jun 25, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAllen, Anderson, Atchison, Bourbon, Brown, Butler and 33 more5 hr
Jun 25, 2:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Coffey, Crawford and 16 more2 hr
Jun 25, 4:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Callaway, Cape Girardeau, Crawford, Franklin, Gasconade and 17 more113 min
Jun 25, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Callaway, Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Lincoln and 8 more5 hr
Jun 25, 3:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more2 hr
Jun 25, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 28 more6 hr
Jun 24, 7:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Crosby, Donley and 15 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2003Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2003Every mesoscale discussion in 2003

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.