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Mesoscale Discussion 2152

October 29, 200928 counties in Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 29, 2009, 3:40 AM CDT for 28 counties in Oklahoma; 35 counties in Texas. It was in force for 95 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 29, 2009, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Oct 29, 2009, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 63 counties

Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Erath County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Somervell County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watches that followed

Watches SPC issued over any of the same counties within four hours of this discussion.

The nearest sounding before it

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2009-10-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 947 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-10-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 484 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
947 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
484 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
599 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.4
Supercell composite
18.8

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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
Oct 28, 7:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Ellis, Harmon, Roger Mills93 min
Oct 29, 1:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Comanche, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston, Love and 4 more53 min
Oct 29, 1:19 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Garvin and 11 more6 hr
Oct 29, 1:59 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 13 more5 hr
Oct 29, 5:31 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Garvin and 8 more89 min
Oct 29, 6:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 29 more5 hr
Oct 29, 10:02 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal, Craig and 21 more118 min
Oct 29, 11:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Atoka, Bryan, Cherokee, Choctaw, Coal and 10 more6 hr
Oct 29, 1:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 6 more2 hr
Oct 29, 5:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Cherokee, Haskell, LeFlore, McCurtain, Muskogee and 1 more57 min
Oct 29, 5:19 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Brazos, Burleson, Chambers, Fort Bend, Grimes and 13 more86 min
Oct 29, 10:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bell, Bosque, Brazos, Burleson and 65 more117 min
Oct 29, 1:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Cass, Grimes and 23 more8 hr
Oct 29, 3:03 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Gregg and 24 more117 min
Oct 29, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson, Cass, Grimes and 23 more66 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009Every mesoscale discussion in 2009

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.