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Mesoscale Discussion 377

March 30, 200752 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 30, 2007, 11:25 AM CDT for 52 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 30, 2007, 11:25 AM CDT (16:25 UTC)
Expired
Mar 30, 2007, 12:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 52 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Atoka County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma 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, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:25 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 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 24 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 583 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 12:00Z on 2007-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 189 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
583 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
588 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
189 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
128 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.1

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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
Mar 29, 10:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 26 more119 min
Mar 30, 1:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw and 33 more6 hr
Mar 30, 3:31 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 19 more89 min
Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 23 more97 min

Nearby

Mesoscale 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.