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Mesoscale Discussion 2268

October 22, 2011Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 22, 2011, 1:49 PM CDT for Howard County, Little River County, Sevier County, Arkansas; 27 counties in Oklahoma; 17 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2011, 1:49 PM CDT (18:49 UTC)
Expired
Oct 22, 2011, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 47 counties

Howard County, AR, Little River County, AR, Sevier County, AR, Atoka County, OK, Bryan County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Johnston County, OK, Latimer County, OK, LeFlore County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, McClain County, OK, McCurtain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Pushmataha County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Bowie County, TX, Camp County, TX, Cass County, TX, Collin County, TX, Delta County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Morris County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Titus County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:50 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 2011-10-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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 2011-10-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 92 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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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
Oct 22, 3:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCLittle River, Sevier14 hr

Nearby

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