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Mesoscale Discussion 367

March 28, 200716 counties in Oklahoma; 56 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 28, 2007, 10:58 PM CDT for 16 counties in Oklahoma; 56 counties in Texas. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 28, 2007, 10:58 PM CDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2007, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 72 counties

Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Andrews County, TX, Armstrong County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crane County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Ector County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Gaines County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Howard County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Terry County, TX, Ward County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Winkler County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

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

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1596 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-03-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
1596 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1565 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 290358
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 290358 
OKZ000-KSZ000-TXZ000-NMZ000-290500-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0367
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1058 PM CDT WED MAR 28 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...ERN HALVES OF THE TX/OK PANHANDLES AND WRN OK SWD
INTO THE TX TRANSPECOS REGION

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 82...84...85...

VALID 290358Z - 290500Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH
82...84...85...CONTINUES.

THOUGH A FEW ISOLATED SUPERCELLS CONTINUE...PRIMARY STORM MODE IS
TRANSITIONING TOWARD A COMPLEX LINE -- EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMA SSWWD
INTO FAR SERN NM...AS COLD FRONT OVERTAKES THE DRYLINE.  DESPITE
THIS SLOW TRANSITION IN STORM MODE...FAVORABLE SHEAR PERSISTS AS
DEPICTED BY LATEST AREA VAD/PROFILER DATA.  THEREFORE...THREAT FOR
AT LEAST ISOLATED TORNADOES CONTINUES...ALONG WITH HAIL AND AN
INCREASING POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY-DAMAGING WINDS.

WITH WW 82 AND 84 SET TO EXPIRE AT 29/05Z...NEW WW WILL LIKELY BE
ISSUED REPLACING THESE TWO WATCHES SHORTLY.

..GOSS.. 03/29/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...OUN...DDC...SJT...LUB...AMA...MAF...

31270340 36550137 37129932 36879837 34859862 33369930
31640063

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 28, 7:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Texas2 hr
Mar 28, 8:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas113 min
Mar 28, 11:22 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer and 8 more6 hr
Mar 29, 2:03 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche and 16 more57 min
Mar 29, 11:01 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Hughes and 7 more119 min
Mar 29, 12:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Garvin, Johnston and 4 more6 hr
Mar 29, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal, Creek and 17 more85 min
Mar 29, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 28 more6 hr
Mar 28, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Coke, Crane, Dawson, Ector and 19 more7 hr

Nearby

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