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Mesoscale Discussion 516

April 18, 20094 states

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 18, 2009, 2:49 PM CDT for 4 states. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 18, 2009, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Apr 18, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 62 counties

Benton County, AR, Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Washington County, AR, Butler County, KS, Chase County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cherokee County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Harvey County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Labette County, KS, Marion County, KS, McPherson County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Neosho County, KS, Reno County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Woodson County, KS, Barry County, MO, McDonald County, MO, Newton County, MO, Adair County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Craig County, OK, Creek County, OK, Delaware County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grant County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kay County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Mayes County, OK, McIntosh 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, Sequoyah County, OK, Tulsa County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washington County, OK

The radar

The Tulsa radar (KINX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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

Lamont, OK (KLMN), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 113 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-04-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 452 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, Lamont, OK at 12:00Z on 2009-04-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 51 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
456 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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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
Apr 18, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBenton, Boone, Carroll, Crawford, Franklin, Johnson and 8 more8 hr
Apr 17, 9:33 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCGrant, Haskell, Meade, Morton, Seward, Stanton and 1 more27 min
Apr 18, 1:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Finney, Ford and 6 more61 min
Apr 18, 1:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Edwards, Ellis, Finney and 12 more6 hr
Apr 18, 3:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarton, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Ellsworth, Harper and 11 more7 hr
Apr 18, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 27 more9 hr
Apr 18, 5:14 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Bryan, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal and 24 more91 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2009Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 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.