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Mesoscale Discussion 2270

October 22, 20117 counties in Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 22, 2011, 11:13 PM CDT for 7 counties in Oklahoma; 32 counties in Texas. It was in force for 92 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 22, 2011, 11:13 PM CDT (04:13 UTC)
Expired
Oct 23, 2011, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
92 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 39 counties

Bryan County, OK, Carter County, OK, Choctaw County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Love County, OK, Marshall County, OK, Camp County, TX, Clay County, TX, Collin County, TX, Cooke County, TX, Dallas County, TX, Delta County, TX, Denton County, TX, Ellis County, TX, Fannin County, TX, Franklin County, TX, Grayson County, TX, Henderson County, TX, Hood County, TX, Hopkins County, TX, Hunt County, TX, Jack County, TX, Johnson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Lamar County, TX, Montague County, TX, Navarro County, TX, Parker County, TX, Rains County, TX, Red River County, TX, Rockwall County, TX, Smith County, TX, Tarrant County, TX, Titus County, TX, Upshur County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX, Wise County, TX, Wood County, TX

The radar

The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Fort Worth, TX (KFWD), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 87 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-10-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 829 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, Fort Worth, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-10-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 71 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
829 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-76 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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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, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Choctaw and 23 more119 min
Oct 23, 1:29 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin and 30 more61 min

Nearby

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