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Mesoscale Discussion 1884

August 7, 20116 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 7, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT for 6 counties in Kansas; 11 counties in Oklahoma; 22 counties in Texas. It was in force for 114 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 2011, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2011, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
114 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Clark County, KS, Comanche County, KS, Haskell County, KS, Meade County, KS, Seward County, KS, Stevens County, KS, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Harper County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas 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, Hansford County, TX, Hartley County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:21 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 142 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2011-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-284 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2741 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
151 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
Aug 7, 10:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Atchison, Barton, Chase, Clay, Cloud and 33 more117 min
Aug 7, 12:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtchison, Douglas, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth and 6 more5 hr
Aug 7, 3:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Anderson, Bourbon, Coffey, Crawford, Douglas and 7 more119 min
Aug 7, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBourbon, Crawford6 hr
Aug 7, 5:20 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAllen, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Montgomery and 3 more115 min
Aug 7, 6:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCChautauqua, Cherokee, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho and 1 more5 hr
Aug 7, 1:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCMcCurtain119 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2011Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.