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Mesoscale Discussion 627

April 30, 200736 counties in Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 30, 2007, 1:22 PM CDT for 36 counties in Oklahoma; 20 counties in Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 30, 2007, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 2007, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 56 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Creek County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Okmulgee 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, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Camp County, TX, Collin County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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 nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 150 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 2007-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 905 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 2007-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
905 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
806 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 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
Apr 30, 5:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Tillman2 hr
Apr 29, 7:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Jeff Davis, Loving and 11 more65 min
Apr 29, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBandera, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards and 18 more7 hr
Apr 29, 8:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBaylor, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Ector and 24 more115 min
Apr 29, 10:42 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards and 18 more63 min
Apr 30, 2:10 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Crockett, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr and 12 more95 min
Apr 30, 2:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 10 more3 hr
Apr 30, 2:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 9 more5 hr
Apr 30, 4:46 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Blanco, Burnet, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall and 9 more119 min
Apr 30, 12:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtascosa, Bastrop, Bee, Caldwell, DeWitt, Dimmit and 15 more83 min
Apr 30, 1:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend and 10 more7 hr
Apr 30, 3:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more7 hr
Apr 30, 3:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrimes, Harris, Houston, Leon, Liberty, Madison and 4 more97 min
Apr 30, 6:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCDimmit, Duval, Frio, Jim Wells, La Salle, Live Oak and 4 more57 min
Apr 30, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazoria, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend and 10 more83 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.