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Mesoscale Discussion 67

January 12, 200547 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2005, 2:40 PM CST for 47 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2005, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 3:45 PM CST
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 70 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan 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, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain 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, 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, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 92 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 252 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 515 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
252 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-408 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
515 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
489 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
Jan 12, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 44 more7 hr
Jan 12, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Sequoyah6 hr
Jan 12, 4:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha83 min
Jan 12, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChoctaw, LeFlore, McCurtain, Pushmataha6 hr
Jan 12, 5:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 38 more97 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.