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Mesoscale Discussion 1327

June 20, 201125 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jun 20, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT for 25 counties in Oklahoma; 14 counties in Texas. It was in force for 85 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 2011, 5:35 PM CDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2011, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
85 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Love County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pawnee County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wise County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 61 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 2011-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1692 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 2011-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 367 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
1692 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-552 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1064 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
367 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
400 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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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 20, 10:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCleveland, Creek, Kay, Lincoln, Logan, McClain and 13 more63 min
Jun 20, 1:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Canadian, Garfield, Grant, Kay, Kingfisher and 7 more116 min
Jun 20, 3:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCanadian, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 27 more84 min
Jun 20, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Watch PDSSPCCaddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland, Comanche, Cotton and 26 more7 hr

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.