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Mesoscale Discussion 982

May 24, 20054 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 24, 2005, 5:40 AM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 24, 2005, 5:40 AM CDT (10:40 UTC)
Expired
May 24, 2005, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Benton County, AR, Carroll County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Franklin County, AR, Logan County, AR, Madison County, AR, Montgomery County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh 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, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 130 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 24, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Logan, Madison, Montgomery and 4 more7 hr
May 24, 9:13 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton32 min
May 24, 10:30 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Benton, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark and 37 more90 min
May 24, 10:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Calhoun, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland and 36 more8 hr
May 24, 12:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Desha and 3 more2 hr
May 24, 1:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Clark, Cleveland, Conway and 31 more114 min
May 24, 3:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Cleveland, Conway, Crawford, Dallas, Faulkner and 25 more93 min
May 24, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBradley, Calhoun, Clark, Columbia, Crawford, Dallas and 23 more7 hr
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, 1:14 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Barton, Chautauqua, Clark, Comanche, Cowley and 25 more91 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

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2005Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.