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Mesoscale Discussion 70

January 12, 200517 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 43 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2005, 4:52 PM CST for 17 counties in Arkansas; 6 counties in Oklahoma; 43 counties in Texas. It was in force for 83 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2005, 4:52 PM CST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 6:15 PM CST
In force
83 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 66 counties

Clark County, AR, Conway County, AR, Garland County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Logan County, AR, Miller County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Perry County, AR, Pike County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Yell County, AR, Choctaw County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Anderson County, TX, Bell County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Cherokee County, TX, Collin County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Falls County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Freestone County, TX, Gregg County, TX, Harrison County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Houston County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Leon County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Madison County, TX, Marion County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Milam County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Robertson County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Rusk County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

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 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 12:00Z on 2005-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 141 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 12:00Z on 2005-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 278 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
141 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-481 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
841 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
278 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
340 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, 3:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more87 min
Jan 12, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBaxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin and 9 more6 hr
Jan 12, 5:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCClark, Conway, Garland, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard and 15 more6 hr
Jan 12, 2:40 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more65 min
Jan 12, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 44 more7 hr
Jan 12, 5:38 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 38 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.