Alert archive / Oklahoma / Mesoscale Discussions in 2004
Mesoscale Discussion 876
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2004, 6:03 PM CDT for 26 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 87 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2004, 6:03 PM CDT (23:03 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2004, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 31 counties
Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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
Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 72 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
- 645 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -307 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1027 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 317 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 341 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Hughes and 12 more | 5 hr |
| May 23, 9:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Hughes, Lincoln and 11 more | 96 min |
| May 24, 3:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 10 more | 118 min |
| May 24, 3:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Grant, Kay, Noble | 93 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 19 more | 5 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2004Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.