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Mesoscale Discussion 1799

August 19, 200721 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 19, 2007, 1:46 AM CDT for 21 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2007, 1:46 AM CDT (06:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2007, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 21 counties

Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:46 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 watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1581 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 00:00Z on 2007-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 121 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
1581 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.8
Supercell composite
4.7

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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
Aug 18, 11:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Grady and 3 more3 hr
Aug 19, 2:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton, Garvin and 10 more5 hr
Aug 19, 7:27 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Garvin, Grady, Jefferson and 9 more63 min
Aug 19, 1:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh and 7 more3 hr

Nearby

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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.