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Mesoscale Discussion 186

February 23, 200729 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Feb 23, 2007, 11:35 PM CST for 29 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 115 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Feb 23, 2007, 11:35 PM CST (05:35 UTC)
Expired
Feb 24, 2007, 1:30 AM CST
In force
115 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2007-02-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2007-02-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 319 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
867 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
319 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
387 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 23, 6:15 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Ellis, Greer, Harmon, Harper and 2 more90 min
Feb 23, 7:35 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 19 more85 min
Feb 23, 9:01 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 18 more89 min
Feb 23, 9:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 41 more9 hr
Feb 24, 3:38 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter and 43 more97 min
Feb 24, 5:20 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Cleveland, Creek, Garvin, Hughes, Jefferson and 16 more55 min
Feb 24, 8:29 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah61 min
Feb 24, 8:47 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McCurtain, Sequoyah9 hr
Feb 24, 10:35 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Cass, Harrison, Marion, Panola115 min
Feb 24, 4:31 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNewton, Orange59 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Every mesoscale discussion in 2007

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.