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Mesoscale Discussion 532

May 1, 2004Crawford County, Sebastian County, Washington County, Arkansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 1, 2004, 1:11 AM CDT for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Washington County, Arkansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 1, 2004, 1:11 AM CDT (06:11 UTC)
Expired
May 1, 2004, 2:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 32 counties

Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:11 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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2004-05-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 223 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
530 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
410 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.2

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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
Apr 30, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison and 3 more114 min
Apr 30, 7:22 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHempstead, Howard, Little River, Miller, Sevier83 min
Apr 30, 7:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHoward, Little River, Pike, Sevier5 hr
Apr 30, 9:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington5 hr
Apr 30, 9:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHoward, Little River, Pike, Sevier96 min
Apr 30, 11:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Sebastian, Washington90 min
May 1, 12:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCColumbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada and 1 more6 hr
May 1, 2:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBradley, Calhoun, Columbia, Hempstead, Lafayette, Miller and 3 more37 min
May 1, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 5 more6 hr
May 1, 5:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas and 5 more92 min
Apr 30, 8:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Jefferson, Love, Marshall91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2004Every mesoscale discussion in 2004

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.