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Mesoscale Discussion 71

January 12, 2005McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 44 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2005, 5:38 PM CST for McDonald County, Newton County, Missouri; 44 counties in Oklahoma; 12 counties in Texas. It was in force for 97 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2005, 5:38 PM CST (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2005, 7:15 PM CST
In force
97 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 58 counties

McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee 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, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 74 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.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 122339
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 122338 
ARZ000-MOZ000-OKZ000-TXZ000-130115-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0071
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0538 PM CST WED JAN 12 2005

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN OK / ERN N TX

CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 2...

VALID 122338Z - 130115Z

SEVERE THREAT CONTINUES -- PARTICULARLY ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF WW.

THOUGH THREAT FOR CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES ALONG SURFACE
TROUGH NOW EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL OK SWD ACROSS THE DFW
METROPLEX...AREA OF GREATEST SHORT-TERM SEVERE THREAT REMAINS
FURTHER EAST ALONG CONVECTIVE LINE ACROSS ERN PORTIONS OF WW.  OVER
THE NEXT HOUR AND A HALF OR SO...ATTENDANT THREAT FOR HAIL /
DAMAGING WINDS AND PERHAPS AN ISOLATED TORNADO WILL SHIFT EWD INTO
SRN PORTIONS OF WW 003 AND NEWLY-ISSUED WW 005.

..GOSS.. 01/12/2005

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...SGF...TSA...FWD...OUN...

36919676 36939412 33119572 33119857 35329769

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 12, 7:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Atchison, Buchanan, Gentry, Holt, Nodaway and 1 more5 hr
Jan 12, 10:42 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, DeKalb and 8 more63 min
Jan 12, 12:29 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrew, Buchanan, DeKalb, Gentry, Harrison, Holt and 2 more4 hr
Jan 12, 3:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAudrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 40 more87 min
Jan 12, 3:05 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCMcDonald, Newton7 hr
Jan 12, 3:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAudrain, Barry, Benton, Boone, Callaway, Camden and 43 more6 hr
Jan 12, 4:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMarion2 hr
Jan 12, 2:40 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 41 more65 min
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

Nearby

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