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Mesoscale Discussion 1146

June 3, 200517 counties in Oklahoma; 6 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 3, 2005, 5:47 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 6 counties in Texas. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2005, 5:47 PM CDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 23 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:48 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

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 22 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 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 936 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 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 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 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
936 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-275 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1423 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-11 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 2, 7:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Noble, Payne and 1 more91 min
Jun 2, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCHarmon7 hr
Jun 3, 6:45 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 19 more90 min
Jun 3, 7:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 29 more7 hr
Jun 3, 10:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Atoka, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 41 more116 min
Jun 3, 11:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 4 more2 hr
Jun 3, 12:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Grant, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Washington54 min
Jun 3, 1:50 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche and 17 more5 hr
Jun 3, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady, Jackson and 5 more2 hr
Jun 3, 4:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Kay and 11 more2 hr
Jun 3, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCraig, Delaware, Grant, Kay, Mayes, Noble and 9 more4 hr
Jun 2, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Martin, Midland and 6 more94 min
Jun 2, 9:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 27 more7 hr
Jun 2, 11:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 26 more91 min
Jun 3, 3:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Bailey, Borden, Brewster, Cochran, Coke and 36 more89 min
Jun 3, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaylor, Borden, Coke, Cottle, Crockett, Dickens and 24 more6 hr
Jun 3, 8:57 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Burleson and 20 more63 min
Jun 3, 11:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burnet and 52 more8 hr
Jun 3, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bell, Blanco, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 22 more116 min
Jun 3, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bastrop, Bell, Bexar, Blanco, Brazos and 23 more92 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Every mesoscale discussion in 2005

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.