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Mesoscale Discussion 2050

August 24, 201126 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Aug 24, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT for 26 counties in Oklahoma; 16 counties in Texas. It was in force for 91 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 24, 2011, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2011, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 42 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Creek County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, McClain County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Washita County, OK, Armstrong County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Carson County, TX, Childress County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Donley County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Oldham County, TX, Potter County, TX, Randall County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:43 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 181 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 2011-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2011-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2652 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
186 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 24, 12:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCass, Harrison, Marion, Panola, Sabine, Shelby114 min
Aug 24, 1:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAngelina, Gregg, Harrison, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola and 4 more4 hr
Aug 24, 3:50 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAngelina, Camp, Cherokee, Delta, Franklin, Gregg and 12 more85 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.