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Mesoscale Discussion 2208

September 15, 200562 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Sep 15, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT for 62 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2005, 2:35 AM CDT (07:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2005, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 76 counties

Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Foard County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 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 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 194 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1636 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 00:00Z on 2005-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1636 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.1
Supercell composite
3.8

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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 14, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee and 42 more8 hr
Sep 14, 9:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cotton, Garvin, Jefferson, Murray, Stephens and 1 more64 min
Sep 14, 11:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 35 more91 min
Sep 15, 3:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 37 more7 hr
Sep 15, 6:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland and 27 more27 min
Sep 15, 1:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Collin, Dallas, Delta and 16 more92 min
Sep 15, 2:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Morris, Titus5 hr
Sep 15, 5:29 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Morris, Titus61 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.