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Mesoscale Discussion 2204

September 14, 200531 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 14, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT for 31 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 118 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 2005, 5:02 PM CDT (22:02 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 2005, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 43 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 86 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
6.1

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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
Sep 13, 7:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Craig, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Mayes and 7 more2 hr
Sep 13, 9:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche and 23 more87 min
Sep 13, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes and 10 more7 hr
Sep 14, 1:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 9 more55 min
Sep 14, 2:15 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCherokee, Creek, Delaware, Lincoln, Mayes, Okmulgee and 2 more60 min
Sep 14, 3:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 29 more6 hr
Sep 14, 7:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 53 more54 min
Sep 14, 1:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 12 more97 min
Sep 14, 2:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Latimer, McCurtain, Pushmataha93 min
Sep 14, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more7 hr
Sep 14, 4:40 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron2 hr
Sep 14, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin, Jackson, Jefferson and 5 more92 min
Sep 14, 4:32 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crane, Crockett, Ector, Glasscock, Irion and 6 more88 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.