Alert archive / Oklahoma / Mesoscale Discussions in 2007
Mesoscale Discussion 2079
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 14, 2007, 5:28 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 8 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 14, 2007, 5:28 PM CDT (22:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2007, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 24 counties
Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Knox County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 213 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 759 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 277 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 230 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 11:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beaver, Ellis | 63 min |
| Oct 14, 12:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Ellis, Harper, Major, Woods, Woodward | 64 min |
| Oct 14, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 14, 3:18 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Beckham, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 7 more | 117 min |
| Oct 14, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 14, 4:59 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 2 more | 2 hr |
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.