Alert archive / Oklahoma / Mesoscale Discussions in 2014

Mesoscale Discussion 1839

October 9, 201417 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Oct 9, 2014, 10:34 PM CDT for 17 counties in Oklahoma; 13 counties in Texas. It was in force for 86 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2014, 10:34 PM CDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired
Oct 10, 2014, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
All 30 counties

Alfalfa County, OK, Beaver County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Blaine County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Custer County, OK, Dewey County, OK, Ellis County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harper County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Major County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Texas County, OK, Washita County, OK, Woods County, OK, Woodward County, OK, Carson County, TX, Collingsworth County, TX, Gray County, TX, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Lipscomb County, TX, Moore County, TX, Ochiltree County, TX, Potter County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Sherman County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Vance AFB radar (KVNX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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 2014-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1057 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 2014-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1057 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
138 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.4

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

SPC that day

Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 7:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Ellis, Harper, Roger Mills, Texas94 min
Oct 10, 2:26 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 9 more94 min
Oct 10, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Choctaw, Coal, Jefferson and 11 more7 hr
Oct 10, 3:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Irion and 10 more84 min
Oct 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPCBrown, Callahan, Coke, Coleman, Concho, Fisher and 15 more7 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2014Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2014Every mesoscale discussion in 2014

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.