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Mesoscale Discussion 1241
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 5, 2008, 9:19 PM CDT for 46 counties in Oklahoma; 28 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 2008, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 2008, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 74 counties
Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kay County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Noble County, OK, Nowata County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Osage County, OK, Ottawa County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Rogers County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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
Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 64 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
- 2209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 66 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 339 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.2
- Supercell composite
- 21.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 24 more | 62 min |
| Jun 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 24 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 11:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adair, Atoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw and 36 more | 92 min |
| Jun 5, 9:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Coke, Coleman, Concho, Crockett, Irion, McCulloch and 8 more | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:09 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Cooke, Denton, Eastland and 10 more | 66 min |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2008Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.