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Mesoscale Discussion 991

June 8, 20095 counties in Oklahoma; 34 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 8, 2009, 3:18 PM CDT for 5 counties in Oklahoma; 34 counties in Texas. It was in force for 57 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2009, 3:18 PM CDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2009, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Carter County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Eastland County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Foard County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jack County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Montague County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Dyess AFB radar (KDYX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 304 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1292 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2009-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 70 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
1292 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-258 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
70 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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
Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Woods67 min
Jun 8, 3:25 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCNowata, Osage, Pawnee, Payne, Washington65 min
Jun 8, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Jackson, Jefferson, Stephens, Tillman7 hr

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.