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Mesoscale Discussion 2237

November 29, 2006Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 29, 2006, 3:05 PM CST for Crawford County, Sebastian County, Arkansas; 22 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 29, 2006, 3:05 PM CST (21:05 UTC)
Expired
Nov 29, 2006, 4:30 PM CST
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 40 counties

Crawford County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Sill, OK (KFSI), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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 Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-11-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 259 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Sill, OK at 12:00Z on 2006-11-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 323 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 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
259 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
868 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
323 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
310 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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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
Nov 29, 10:55 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBenton, Crawford, Franklin, Madison, Sebastian, Washington65 min
Nov 29, 12:28 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCrawford, Sebastian, Washington7 hr
Nov 28, 9:57 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Nowata, Osage, Ottawa, Rogers, Washington2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2006Every mesoscale discussion in 2006

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.