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Mesoscale Discussion 334

March 29, 201321 counties in Oklahoma; 47 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Mar 29, 2013, 7:01 PM CDT for 21 counties in Oklahoma; 47 counties in Texas. It was in force for 89 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Mar 29, 2013, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Mar 29, 2013, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 68 counties

Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kingfisher County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Logan County, OK, Major County, OK, Oklahoma County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Borden County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Callahan County, TX, Childress County, TX, Coke County, TX, Coleman County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Dawson County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Donley County, TX, Fisher County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Garza County, TX, Glasscock County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Haskell County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Howard County, TX, Jones County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Lynn County, TX, Martin County, TX, Midland County, TX, Mitchell County, TX, Motley County, TX, Nolan County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Runnels County, TX, Scurry County, TX, Shackelford County, TX, Sterling County, TX, Stonewall County, TX, Taylor County, TX, Throckmorton County, TX, Wheeler County, TX, Wichita County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-03-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 244 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-03-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -35 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
244 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2717 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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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
Mar 29, 9:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston and 5 more96 min
Mar 29, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cotton, Jefferson, Johnston and 2 more5 hr
Mar 30, 1:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan114 min
Mar 30, 10:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Choctaw, Coal, Haskell, Hughes and 8 more96 min
Mar 30, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCChoctaw84 min
Mar 30, 4:53 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeckham, Caddo, Custer, Greer, Harmon, Jackson and 3 more97 min
Mar 30, 5:41 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCOttawa94 min
Mar 30, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Carter, Coal, Comanche and 14 more7 hr
Mar 30, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Franklin, Gregg, Harrison and 11 more3 hr
Mar 30, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Eastland and 8 more90 min
Mar 30, 5:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBowie, Camp, Cass, Gregg, Harrison, Marion and 7 more53 min

Nearby

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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.