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Mesoscale Discussion 2289

November 7, 201112 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Nov 7, 2011, 1:30 PM CST for 12 counties in Kansas; 10 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Nov 7, 2011, 1:30 PM CST (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Nov 7, 2011, 3:30 PM CST
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties

Barber County, KS, Butler County, KS, Chautauqua County, KS, Cowley County, KS, Elk County, KS, Greenwood County, KS, Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Montgomery County, KS, Sedgwick County, KS, Sumner County, KS, Wilson County, KS, Alfalfa County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Grant County, OK, Kay County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Major County, OK, Noble County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK

The radar

The Wichita radar (KICT), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 209 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 2011-11-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1081 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 2011-11-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 201 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
1081 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
4.1

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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
Nov 7, 4:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChautauqua, Elk, Labette, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson92 min
Nov 7, 5:37 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAllen, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Cowley, Crawford and 7 more7 hr
Nov 6, 7:00 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCarter, Garvin, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 2 more90 min
Nov 7, 7:52 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAlfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Canadian, Custer, Dewey and 15 more83 min
Nov 7, 12:27 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer, Greer and 6 more93 min
Nov 7, 1:11 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBeckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton and 17 more8 hr
Nov 7, 5:51 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBlaine, Caddo, Canadian, Comanche, Custer, Garfield and 10 more114 min
Nov 7, 5:53 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPCLove, Marshall67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 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.