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Mesoscale Discussion 876

May 24, 200426 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas

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.

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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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 645 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2004-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
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

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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
May 23, 7:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Hughes and 12 more5 hr
May 23, 9:54 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Hughes, Lincoln and 11 more96 min
May 24, 3:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 10 more118 min
May 24, 3:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Kay, Noble93 min
May 24, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 19 more5 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.