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Mesoscale Discussion 616
The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Apr 28, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT for 24 counties in Oklahoma; Hardeman County, Wichita County, Wilbarger County, Texas. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 28, 2012, 6:46 PM CDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2012, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 27 counties
Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Cotton County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey 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, Noble County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Payne County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Hardeman County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX
The radar
The Norman radar (KTLX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 80 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -296 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 548 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 408 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 430 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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ACUS11 KWNS 282346
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 282346
OKZ000-TXZ000-290045-
MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 0616
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0646 PM CDT SAT APR 28 2012
AREAS AFFECTED...FAR NWRN TX...SWRN/WRN/CNTRL OK
CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 200...
VALID 282346Z - 290045Z
THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 200
CONTINUES.
SVR THUNDERSTORM WATCH 200 HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR NWRN TX AND PORTIONS
OF SWRN/WRN/CNTRL OK. AREA FROM THE RED RIVER N-NEWD WILL BE
MONITORED DURING THE NIGHT FOR POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO TORNADO WATCH.
AT 2345Z...A STATIONARY FRONT...WHICH IS SLOWLY MOVING W-NWWD IN
RESPONSE TO APPROACHING FOUR CORNERS UPR DISTURBANCE...WAS LOCATED
FROM ROUGHLY 45 W OF SPS NEWD TO 15 N OF CQB. COMBINATION OF
BOUNDARY LAYER DESTABILIZATION AND WEAK UPR IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS W
TX IS AIDING IN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE FRONT
OVER NWRN TX. DURING THE NIGHT...ADDITIONAL SCATTERED THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT WILL BECOME PROBABLE ALONG THE OK PORTION OF THE FRONT
AS LOW-LEVEL WAA INCREASES IN RESPONSE TO STRENGTHENING SLY LLJ.
THOUGH SUPERCELLS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL /POSSIBLY SIG HAIL WITH
DIAMETERS UP TO 3 INCHES/ AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS WILL BE THE
PRIMARY SVR WEATHER THREAT...THE INCREASE IN LOW-LEVEL FLOW WILL
LEAD TO ENLARGEMENT OF HODOGRAPHS OVER OK...WHICH MAY INCREASE THE
POTENTIAL FOR TORNADOES AS WELL. THUS...PORTIONS OF SVR THUNDERSTORM
WATCH 200 OVER OK WILL BE MONITORED DURING THE NEXT FEW HRS FOR
POSSIBLE UPGRADE TO TORNADO.
..GARNER.. 04/28/2012
...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...
ATTN...WFO...TSA...OUN...AMA...
LAT...LON 34729770 33899845 33739888 33849958 34820000 36289899
36549788 36429694 36059655 34729770SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:54 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Comanche, Cotton, Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman | 66 min |
| Apr 28, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alfalfa, Beckham, Blaine, Caddo, Canadian, Cleveland and 31 more | 7 hr |
Nearby
Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2012Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 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.