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Mesoscale Discussion 945

June 1, 20077 counties in Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 1, 2007, 2:24 AM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2007, 2:24 AM CDT (07:24 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2007, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 35 counties

Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Montague County, TX, Motley County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 265 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2316 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 117 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2316 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1473 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
10.0

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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
May 31, 7:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGreer, Harmon, Jackson83 min
May 31, 9:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 11 more53 min
May 31, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian and 32 more7 hr
Jun 1, 12:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Delaware, Mayes, Muskogee and 9 more116 min
Jun 1, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Craig, Creek, Delaware, Haskell and 14 more6 hr
Jun 1, 1:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCraig, Kay, Nowata, Osage, Washington2 hr
Jun 1, 3:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Alfalfa, Blaine, Canadian, Cherokee, Cleveland and 43 more87 min
Jun 1, 5:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Delaware, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes and 7 more66 min
Jun 1, 1:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Jefferson and 2 more60 min
Jun 1, 2:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more7 hr
Jun 1, 4:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Creek, Garfield, Grady and 14 more67 min
Jun 1, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAdair, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cherokee and 40 more8 hr
Jun 1, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Tillman60 min
May 31, 10:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCArcher, Baylor, Childress, Clay, Cottle, Crosby and 13 more6 hr
Jun 1, 7:58 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Childress, Collingsworth and 23 more62 min
Jun 1, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCallahan, Eastland, Erath, Fisher, Haskell, Hood and 12 more6 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.