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Mesoscale Discussion 447

April 10, 20076 counties in Arkansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma; Bowie County, Lamar County, Red River County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 10, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT for 6 counties in Arkansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma; Bowie County, Lamar County, Red River County, Texas. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2007, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
Expired
Apr 10, 2007, 10:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Polk County, AR, Scott County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Red River County, TX

The radar

The Western Arkansas radar (KSRX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:22 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2007-04-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 2007-04-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 358 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
625 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
358 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
411 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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
Apr 10, 11:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleburne and 42 more96 min
Apr 10, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArkansas, Bradley, Calhoun, Clark, Cleveland, Dallas and 23 more4 hr
Apr 11, 2:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArkansas, Ashley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland and 14 more116 min
Apr 11, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAshley, Chicot, Lee, Phillips5 hr
Apr 10, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Cleveland, Coal and 18 more83 min

Nearby

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