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Mesoscale Discussion 623

May 19, 201049 counties in Oklahoma; Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 19, 2010, 1:22 PM CDT for 49 counties in Oklahoma; Cooke County, Grayson County, Texas. It was in force for 113 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 19, 2010, 1:22 PM CDT (18:22 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2010, 3:15 PM CDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 51 counties

Atoka County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Okmulgee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Wagoner County, OK, Washita County, OK, Cooke County, TX, Grayson County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:22 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 12 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 730 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, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2010-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 486 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
730 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
634 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
486 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
575 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.0

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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
May 18, 7:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCimarron, Texas64 min
May 18, 9:27 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Custer, Dewey, Ellis, Greer, Harmon and 6 more93 min
May 18, 10:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Dewey, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills and 2 more54 min
May 18, 10:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 7 more5 hr
May 19, 1:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 6 more66 min
May 19, 3:23 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Blaine, Creek, Custer, Dewey, Ellis and 13 more67 min
May 19, 3:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Blaine, Creek, Custer, Dewey and 25 more6 hr
May 19, 5:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Creek, Dewey, Garfield, Grant, Kay and 7 more58 min
May 19, 2:06 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAtoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 50 more8 hr
May 19, 3:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Beckham, Blaine, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian and 43 more85 min
May 19, 5:30 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 31 more60 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2010Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2010Every mesoscale discussion in 2010

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.