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Mesoscale Discussion 1129
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 31, 2008, 11:22 PM CDT for 11 counties in Kansas; 22 counties in Missouri; 29 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 2008, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2008, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties
Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Crawford County, KS, Elk County, KS, Harper County, KS, Labette County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Barry County, MO, Barton County, MO, Cedar County, MO, Christian County, MO, Dade County, MO, Dallas County, MO, Douglas County, MO, Greene County, MO, Howell County, MO, Jasper County, MO, Laclede County, MO, Lawrence County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Ozark County, MO, Polk County, MO, Pulaski County, MO, Stone County, MO, Taney County, MO, Texas County, MO, Webster County, MO, Wright County, MO, Alfalfa County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Mayes County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Washington County, OK, Washita County, OK
The radar
The Tulsa radar (KINX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:24 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 watches that followed
Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.
The nearest sounding before it
Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 4351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 879 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 8.3
- Supercell composite
- 36.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:43 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Cherokee, Crawford | 32 min |
| May 31, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Butler, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 7 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Finney, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 2:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Allen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more | 116 min |
| Jun 1, 4:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 12 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Allen, Barber, Barton, Butler, Chautauqua, Clark and 37 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 1, 7:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Barber, Chautauqua, Comanche, Cowley, Elk, Harper and 7 more | 94 min |
| Jun 1, 7:58 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chautauqua, Montgomery | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Butler, Dunklin, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Scott and 1 more | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:17 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Oregon | 88 min |
| Jun 1, 8:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Barry, McDonald, Newton | 6 hr |
| Jun 1, 10:18 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Cherokee, Haskell, McIntosh, Mayes, Muskogee and 5 more | 57 min |
| Jun 1, 6:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alfalfa, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal and 25 more | 92 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Missouri, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2008Every mesoscale discussion in 2008
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.