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Mesoscale Discussion 981

May 24, 200531 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2005, 1:14 AM CDT for 31 counties in Kansas; 24 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2005, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 55 counties

Barber County, KS, Barton County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Edwards County, KS, Elk County, KS, Finney County, KS, Ford County, KS, Grant County, KS, Gray County, KS, Harper County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Hodgeman County, KS, Kearny County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Kiowa County, KS, Lane County, KS, Meade County, KS, Ness County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Reno County, KS, Rush County, KS, Scott County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Trego County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:13 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 2005-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2253 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 2005-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2253 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
309 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
7.4

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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
May 23, 9:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Ellis and 32 more67 min
May 23, 10:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Barton, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis and 28 more6 hr
May 24, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harvey and 5 more7 hr
May 24, 5:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCButler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Elk, Harvey and 5 more95 min
May 24, 9:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Wilson32 min
May 24, 1:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Sherman, Wallace117 min
May 24, 5:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Greeley, Lane, Logan and 7 more92 min
May 24, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCheyenne, Decatur, Gove, Graham, Greeley, Lane and 11 more7 hr
May 23, 7:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas2 hr
May 24, 10:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer and 13 more90 min
May 24, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 6 more8 hr
May 24, 1:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McCurtain, Mayes and 3 more114 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McCurtain, Muskogee and 2 more93 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, McIntosh, Muskogee and 4 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.