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Mesoscale Discussion 1292

July 3, 20154 counties in Arkansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at Jul 3, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT for 4 counties in Arkansas; 29 counties in Oklahoma; 5 counties in Texas. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2015, 5:04 PM CDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2015, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
20%
All 38 counties

Crawford County, AR, Madison County, AR, Sebastian County, AR, Washington County, AR, Adair County, OK, Beckham County, OK, Caddo County, OK, Canadian County, OK, Cherokee County, OK, Cleveland County, OK, Coal County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Custer County, OK, Garvin County, OK, Grady County, OK, Greer County, OK, Haskell County, OK, Hughes County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Latimer County, OK, McClain County, OK, McIntosh County, OK, Murray County, OK, Muskogee County, OK, Okfuskee County, OK, Pittsburg County, OK, Pontotoc County, OK, Pottawatomie County, OK, Roger Mills County, OK, Seminole County, OK, Sequoyah County, OK, Stephens County, OK, Washita County, OK, Hansford County, TX, Hemphill County, TX, Hutchinson County, TX, Roberts County, TX, Wheeler County, TX

The radar

The Norman radar (KTLX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Norman, OK (KOUN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 41 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 2015-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 112 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 12:00Z on 2015-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 111 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
112 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-174 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
111 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
126 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
Jul 3, 2:58 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAshley, Bradley, Calhoun, Chicot, Cleveland, Columbia and 7 more3 hr
Jul 3, 1:59 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBeaver, Cimarron, Texas3 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Arkansas, 2015Every mesoscale discussion in 2015

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.