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Mesoscale Discussion 433

April 3, 20077 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT for 7 counties in Arkansas; McCurtain County, Oklahoma; 48 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2007, 7:41 PM CDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Clark County, AR, Hempstead County, AR, Hot Spring County, AR, Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Pike County, AR, Sevier County, AR, McCurtain County, OK, Bandera County, TX, Bell County, TX, Blanco County, TX, Bosque County, TX, Bowie County, TX, Burnet County, TX, Camp County, TX, Collin County, TX, Comanche County, TX, Coryell County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Edwards County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Gillespie County, TX, Hamilton County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hill County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Kerr County, TX, Kimble County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Lampasas County, TX, Limestone County, TX, Llano County, TX, Mason County, TX, McLennan County, TX, Mills County, TX, Morris County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Rains County, TX, Real County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, San Saba County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:45 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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3958 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-04-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
3958 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1051 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
1.4

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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
Apr 3, 9:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 18 more61 min
Apr 3, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Clark and 12 more5 hr
Apr 4, 2:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley113 min
Apr 3, 11:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrooks, Cameron, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Kenedy, Starr and 1 more2 hr

Nearby

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