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Mesoscale Discussion 1321

July 8, 201415 counties in Oklahoma

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 8, 2014, 6:06 PM CDT for 15 counties in Oklahoma. It was in force for 54 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 8, 2014, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 8, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
5%

Counties Caddo County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, McClain County, OK, Murray County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Stephens County, OK

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 2014-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Norman, OK at 12:00Z on 2014-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2376 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

128 
ACUS11 KWNS 082306
SWOMCD
SPC MCD 082306 
OKZ000-090000-

MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1321
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
0606 PM CDT TUE JUL 08 2014

AREAS AFFECTED...SRN/CNTRL OK

CONCERNING...SEVERE POTENTIAL...WATCH UNLIKELY 

VALID 082306Z - 090000Z

PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...5 PERCENT

SUMMARY...A LOCALIZED THREAT FOR STRONG-SVR WIND GUSTS AND HAIL WILL
EXIST ACROSS SRN/CNTRL OK THIS EVENING. COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO
REMAIN INSUFFICIENT FOR A WW.

DISCUSSION...ISOLATED TSTMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING ALONG A WEAK COLD
FRONT ORIENTED W-E FROM COMANCHE INTO PONTOTOC COUNTIES. WEAK
DEEP-LAYER FLOW IS LIMITING TSTM ORGANIZATION...WHICH IS REFLECTED
BY PULSE-LIKE APPEARANCE AND GENERATION OF SEVERAL OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES IN RECENT RADAR IMAGERY. HOWEVER...STRONG HEATING AMIDST
RICH BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE HAS YIELDED A MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR
MASS /MLCAPE VALUES AROUND 1500-2000 J/KG/...AND DEEP INVERTED-V
THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES. AS A RESULT...A THREAT FOR LOCALIZED DMGG
WIND GUSTS VIA STRONG DOWNBURSTS MAY EXIST WITH THESE STORMS...AND
PERHAPS BRIEF OCCURRENCES OF SVR HAIL. ADDITIONAL ISOLATED TSTM
DEVELOPMENT IS LIKELY THE NEXT 1-3 HRS...PRIMARILY ALONG OUTFLOW
BOUNDARIES AND THE WEAK COLD FRONT...BUT THE THREAT FOR DMGG WINDS
SHOULD WANE AFTER SUNSET.

..ROGERS/HART.. 07/08/2014

...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT...

ATTN...WFO...TSA...OUN...

LAT...LON   34669576 34409741 34429832 34519915 34849941 35079931
            35449762 35519677 35379603 35189565 34959564 34669576

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 5:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAdair, Sequoyah60 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.