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Mesoscale Discussion 722

May 23, 20158 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas

The Storm Prediction Center issued this mesoscale discussion at May 23, 2015, 12:17 PM CDT for 8 counties in Oklahoma; 23 counties in Texas. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 2015, 12:17 PM CDT (17:17 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2015, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
the Storm Prediction Center
Chance of a watch
60%
All 31 counties

Caddo County, OK, Comanche County, OK, Greer County, OK, Harmon County, OK, Jackson County, OK, Kiowa County, OK, Tillman County, OK, Washita County, OK, Baylor County, TX, Briscoe County, TX, Castro County, TX, Childress County, TX, Cottle County, TX, Crosby County, TX, Deaf Smith County, TX, Dickens County, TX, Floyd County, TX, Foard County, TX, Hale County, TX, Hall County, TX, Hardeman County, TX, Hockley County, TX, Kent County, TX, King County, TX, Knox County, TX, Lamb County, TX, Lubbock County, TX, Motley County, TX, Randall County, TX, Swisher County, TX, Wilbarger County, TX

The radar

The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 305 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 2015-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 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 2015-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-128 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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
May 23, 1:16 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more6 hr
May 23, 3:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCComanche, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Jackson, Kiowa and 1 more2 hr
May 23, 5:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche, Cotton and 22 more2 hr
May 23, 5:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtoka, Bryan, Caddo, Canadian, Carter, Cleveland and 21 more9 hr
May 23, 6:37 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAtoka, Bryan, Carter, Cleveland, Coal, Comanche and 30 more83 min
May 23, 6:53 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdair, Cherokee, Choctaw, Craig, Creek, Delaware and 19 more9 hr
May 22, 7:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCCrane, Ector, Loving, Pecos, Reeves, Ward and 1 more114 min
May 23, 12:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBailey, Castro, Cochran, Deaf Smith, Hockley, Lamb and 6 more115 min
May 23, 5:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCArmstrong, Briscoe, Carson, Castro, Collingsworth, Donley and 9 more97 min
May 23, 2:02 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCBrewster, Coke, Concho, Crane, Crockett, Ector and 28 more88 min
May 23, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAndrews, Borden, Brewster, Brown, Callahan, Coke and 49 more6 hr
May 23, 6:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPCAndrews, Atascosa, Bandera, Bexar, Blanco, Borden and 61 more114 min
May 23, 6:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAtascosa, Bandera, Bastrop, Bee, Bexar, Blanco and 30 more9 hr

Nearby

Mesoscale Discussions in Texas, 2015Mesoscale Discussions in Oklahoma, 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.