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Mesoscale Discussion 732

May 2, 200616 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 2, 2006, 9:24 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 4 counties in Texas. It was in force for 96 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 2, 2006, 9:24 PM CDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: May 2, 2006, 11:00 PM CDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: the Storm Prediction Center

Counties Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Cooke County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Montague County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -262 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Creek, Garfield, Garvin and 18 more	93 min
May 2, 8:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Grady and 8 more	5 hr
May 2, 10:32 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bryan, Johnston, Love, Marshall, Murray	88 min
May 3, 1:28 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Atoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Latimer, Marshall, Pittsburg and 1 more	32 min
May 3, 12:46 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Nowata, Ottawa	59 min
May 3, 2:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Craig, Delaware, Dewey, Ellis, Garfield and 15 more	33 min
May 3, 2:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Delaware and 21 more	7 hr
May 3, 3:42 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Comanche, Cotton, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman	93 min
May 3, 3:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Greer and 7 more	7 hr
May 3, 6:38 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Alfalfa, Blaine, Craig, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 14 more	97 min
May 2, 7:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell and 28 more	6 hr
May 2, 8:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Dimmit, Edwards, Kinney, Maverick, Real, Sutton and 3 more	58 min
May 3, 1:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	Bowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 6 more	32 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2006 Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2006 Every 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.