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Mesoscale Discussion 41

January 12, 20075 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jan 12, 2007, 6:46 AM CST for 5 counties in Kansas; 28 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jan 12, 2007, 6:46 AM CST (12:46 UTC)
Expired
Jan 12, 2007, 10:45 AM CST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 33 counties

Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:46 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-01-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2007-01-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 328 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
75 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
328 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
412 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
Jan 12, 12:34 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn and 3 more5 hr
Jan 12, 12:49 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee, Cleveland, Coal and 36 more5 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2007Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.