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Mesoscale Discussion 211

February 22, 200531 counties in Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 22, 2005, 10:52 PM CST for 31 counties in Oklahoma; 36 counties in Texas. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 22, 2005, 10:52 PM CST (04:52 UTC)
Expired
Feb 22, 2005, 11:45 PM CST
In force
53 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 67 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall 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, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Archer County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Brown County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:52 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 70 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 Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-02-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1490 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2005-02-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 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
1490 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1420 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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
Feb 22, 9:23 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Carter, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Grady and 6 more67 min
Feb 22, 9:45 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Caddo, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 15 more5 hr
Feb 22, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 37 more8 hr
Feb 23, 1:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 35 more2 hr
Feb 22, 7:45 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArcher, Baylor, Brown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman and 20 more60 min
Feb 23, 7:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Brazos, Burleson, Grimes, Hardin, Harris and 18 more115 min
Feb 23, 10:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Hardin, Jasper, Liberty, Montgomery, Newton and 7 more115 min
Feb 23, 1:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Concho, Crockett, Irion, Kimble, Lampasas and 10 more116 min
Feb 23, 2:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Fort Bend, Harris, Jackson and 5 more2 hr
Feb 23, 2:10 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Concho, Coryell and 20 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.