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Mesoscale Discussion 2082

October 15, 20075 counties in Arkansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 15, 2007, 2:30 AM CDT for 5 counties in Arkansas; 12 counties in Oklahoma; 19 counties in Texas. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2007, 2:30 AM CDT (07:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2007, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Howard County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wise County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:29 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 2007-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 823 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 2007-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 203 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
823 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1097 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
4.1

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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
Oct 14, 7:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady and 3 more62 min
Oct 14, 7:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Major, Noble and 2 more113 min
Oct 15, 4:34 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Crockett and 13 more2 hr
Oct 15, 7:52 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bosque, Camp, Coryell, Dallas, Ellis and 22 more2 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.