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Mesoscale Discussion 1183

June 11, 201131 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 11, 2011, 2:28 PM CDT for 31 counties in Oklahoma; 18 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2011, 2:28 PM CDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2011, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 49 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:27 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 127 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 2011-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 378 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 2011-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
378 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-327 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1551 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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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 10, 7:47 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Craig, Garfield, Kay and 12 more58 min
Jun 10, 8:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Comanche, Grady, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more55 min
Jun 11, 12:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas91 min
Jun 11, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCCimarron7 hr
Jun 11, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAlfalfa, Beaver, Beckham, Blaine, Cimarron, Custer and 9 more9 hr
Jun 11, 4:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCHaskell, Latimer, LeFlore, McIntosh, Sequoyah63 min
Jun 11, 5:43 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Blaine, Caddo, Cimarron, Custer, Dewey and 8 more62 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Every mesoscale discussion in 2011

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.