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Mesoscale Discussion 426

April 3, 20125 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 3, 2012, 1:14 AM CDT for 5 counties in Kansas; 18 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Apr 3, 2012, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
Expired
Apr 3, 2012, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 36 counties

Harper County, KS, Kingman County, KS, Pawnee County, KS, Pratt County, KS, Stafford County, KS, Carter County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Garfield County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grant County, OK, Jefferson County, OK, Lincoln County, OK, Logan County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Archer County, TX, Baylor County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Clay County, TX, Jack County, TX, Montague County, TX, Palo Pinto County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Stephens County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX, Young County, TX

The radar

The Altus AFB radar (KFDR), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 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

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 94 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1334 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 00:00Z on 2012-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 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
1334 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1408 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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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
Apr 2, 7:17 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCClark, Ellis, Finney, Ford, Gray, Haskell and 8 more58 min
Apr 2, 10:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBarber, Clark, Comanche, Kiowa, Pratt5 hr
Apr 2, 9:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Beckham, Caddo, Comanche, Cotton, Custer and 13 more63 min
Apr 3, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCaddo, Canadian, Comanche, Cotton, Grady, Jefferson and 2 more88 min
Apr 3, 8:36 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Jefferson, Johnston, Love, Marshall and 2 more84 min
Apr 3, 9:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 5 more8 hr
Apr 3, 11:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Jefferson, Johnston and 3 more118 min
Apr 3, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Johnston, Love and 2 more84 min
Apr 3, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCMcCurtain7 hr
Apr 3, 3:05 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Johnston and 5 more85 min
Apr 3, 3:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Haskell, Latimer, LeFlore and 3 more6 hr
Apr 2, 11:45 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 17 more2 hr
Apr 3, 12:08 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAnderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Coryell, Dallas and 30 more9 hr
Apr 3, 1:12 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBosque, Collin, Dallas, Denton, Ellis, Erath and 16 more93 min
Apr 3, 1:46 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCamp, Cass, Cherokee, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 9 more89 min
Apr 3, 4:38 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAustin, Bastrop, Brazos, Burleson, Caldwell, Fayette and 10 more67 min
Apr 3, 5:00 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Delta, Falls and 18 more60 min
Apr 3, 6:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAnderson, Angelina, Bastrop, Bowie, Brazos, Burleson and 24 more67 min

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Kansas, 2012Every mesoscale discussion in 2012

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.