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Mesoscale Discussion 749

May 7, 200718 counties in Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 7, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT for 18 counties in Oklahoma; 21 counties in Texas. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 7, 2007, 9:45 PM CDT (02:45 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2007, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Camp County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 2007-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2192 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1136 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
ACUS11 KWNS 080245
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 080245 
ARZ000-TXZ000-OKZ000-080345-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0749
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0945 PM CDT MON MAY 07 2007

AREAS AFFECTED...NCNTRL TX...SERN OK

CONCERNING...TORNADO WATCH 255...

VALID 080245Z - 080345Z

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 255 CONTINUES.

SMALL SCALE BOW-TYPE STRUCTURE HAS EVOLVED BENEATH OLD MCV AS IT
MOVES NEWD AT ROUGHLY 30-35 KT THROUGH BRYAN COUNTY OK.  THIS
COMPACT CLUSTER OF TSTMS SHOULD PROGRESS ACROSS THE NERN QUARTER OF
THE ONGOING WATCH...POSSIBLY EXPANDING IN AREAL COVERAGE AS
CONVECTION IS FORCED ATOP OLD CONVECTIVE BUBBLE HIGH.  DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MOST LIKELY SEVERE THREATS WITH THIS
CONVECTION.  WITH TIME...ADDITIONAL CONVECTION MAY DEVELOP FROM THE
WEST INTO WRN PORTIONS OF THE WATCH AS LOW LEVEL WARM ADVECTION
INTENSIFIES INTO THE TX SOUTH PLAINS REGION.

..DARROW.. 05/08/2007

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...SHV...TSA...FWD...OUN...

34069840 34129812 34689812 34689766 34869765 34899656
35289645 35289601 35179588 35329545 35089535 35069493
34799503 34529494 34519449 33639447 33699474 33369475
32929468 32679470 32569491 32579528 32679556 32849593
32869629 32989628 32999842

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 7:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love and 1 more60 min
May 7, 7:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 12 more7 hr
May 8, 2:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Coal, Jefferson, Johnston and 4 more2 hr
May 8, 3:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens and 1 more6 hr
May 8, 5:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Kiowa, Stephens and 1 more96 min
May 8, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCaddo, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more5 hr
May 7, 8:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Briscoe, Childress, Coke, Cottle and 38 more7 hr
May 7, 9:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Frio, Kerr, Kinney and 8 more67 min
May 7, 11:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 12 more60 min
May 7, 11:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Borden, Cochran, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens and 17 more62 min
May 8, 11:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBorden, Callahan, Coke, Crane, Ector, Fisher and 20 more116 min
May 8, 12:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Coke, Crane, Crockett and 27 more7 hr
May 8, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCoke, Crockett, Fisher, Glasscock, Irion, Mitchell and 6 more91 min
May 8, 6:13 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBandera, Edwards, Kerr, Kinney, Medina, Real and 2 more62 min
May 8, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBandera, Dimmit, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kerr and 8 more4 hr

Nearby

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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.